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How Does Maya Angelou Use Personification In Still I Rise

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Poem #1: Still I Rise By: Maya Angelou Synopsis The poem by Maya Angelou is set after the Civil Rights Movement in the 1970’s. Maya, the author, is being judged because of the color of her skin. She refuses to be judged and she believes that they are jealous of the way she looks. She finds amusement in the fact that people are making an effort to try and pull her down. Angelou uses the hate to rise above the racism. Despite all of the discrimination, she continues to rise. Angelou uses a simile in line 4 to show how she rises above the discrimination: “But still, like dust, I’ll rise.” Angelou uses another simile in line 15 when she says “shoulders falling down like teardrops.” Angelou uses personification in lines 21-23 when she says: “you
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