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Define what theme is in a poem.

Test your skills: Determine the theme in the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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Define what tone is in a poem.

Test your skills: Determine the tone in the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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Define what context is in a poem.

Test your skills: Determine the context in the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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Define what figurative language is in a poem. (You may list examples!)

Test your skills: Determine one example of figurative language used in the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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Define what poetic devices are in a poem. (You may list examples!)

Test your skills: Determine one example of a poetic device used in the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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The tone is a literary device that conveys the author’s attitude towards the subject they’re writing about. It might also reflect how they feel about the intended audience.

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Poetic devices are a way for authors/poets to shape words, sounds, and phrases to convey the meaning. They are tools that a poet uses to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling

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Context gives the reader an idea of everything surrounding the poem such as time or place, giving more depth and meaning to the poem

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The theme in a poem is a group of words used by the creator of the poem to create a message and talk with others through the poem

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Tone is spiteful

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Imagery is an example of a poetic device. Imagery is describing something by using detailed and vivid words to the point that the reader can imagine an image of exactly what the author is talking about in their mind.

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The overall tone in "still i rise" by Maya Angelou is determination and confidence. In this poem the speaker rejects the beliefs of the people who may think less of her because of who she is or the colour of her skin.

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But like dust I'll rise

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Tone is powerful and coveys strength, resilience, and determination 

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Tone is powerful and coveys strength, resilience, and determination 

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Context in a poem is the readers prior knowledge before reading the poem. Context is important in a poem as it is the base that the themes or the story being told is set on. Context could be knowing who the speaker in the poem is orwhat they are talking about, sometimes, a big detail is revealed later in a poem, meaning context is given later in a poem so the poem gradually makes more sense.

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Context in poems is the time and place in which the poem is written. It is often used to help convey the poet's feelings about current events in the world. Context is used in lots of other pieces of media as well, such as movies, other works of literature, and video games.

The context of "Still I Rise", for example, is around the same time as the civil rights movement, and is used to convey Maya Angelou's views on white supremacy and black people's surpression.

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One poetic device used in Still I Rise is rhetorical questions. An example of this is “Did you want to see me broken?” Which is a line used in the book.

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In the poem Still I Rise we aren't given much context of what exactly happened to the writers but from lines such as "You may trod me in the very dirt"

"Did you want to see me broken?"

"You may shoot me with your words"

We can assume that the reader is writing to someone who is an enemy of theirs and we can make up our own guesses of what might have happened.

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A theme explored in this poem is the theme of courage. This is shown throughout the poem when the author says no matter what they'll still rise. For example

"Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise."

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The theme is resilience, self-determination, and the tireless drive of the human spirit to win over hardship. The speaker's courage and respect in the face of racism, injustice, and personal assaults are forcefully asserted throughout the poem.

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Figurative language is when you use words outside of a conventional order to add new new meaning, but not necessarily being true. For example, similes compare two things to each other, but it might not be literally true

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You may shoot me with your eyes

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“I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,/Welling and swelling I bear in the tide”

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You may cut me with your eyes

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Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

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Lots of literary devices are used in poetry, one of which being metaphors. Metaphors are like similes in that they use two different things to compare similarities between the two, only metaphors will not use the words, "like" or "as".

One example of a metaphor from the poem "Still I Rise" is stated near the end of the poem, where the poet compares herself to "a black ocean", essentially stating she is a force of nature who will never stop fighting.

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Poetic devices are a multitude of ways writers add to there poem to either make it flow better with devices such as alliteration or rhymes, or painting a image and connecting the reader to a story more with imagery or metaphors. Poetic devices are everywhere and really show the level of skill required to make a proper poem.

An example of a poetic device in “still I rise” could be the ABAB rhyme scheme that is prevelent throughout the poem or lines like “Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise”. Where rooted in pain isn’t necessarily meant literally but rather metaphorically.

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why are you beset with glooom

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“Like I have oil wells pumping in my living room”

“Like I have gold mines in my backyard”

Simile that represents her confidence

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An example of a poetic device used in the poem is the line "You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes."

A person can't literally speaking cut you with their eyes, same goes for shooting with words. It's a figurative form of speech, trying to show the pain words and judgment can have.