And Still I Rise

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book poetry collection

"And Still I Rise" is a celebrated 1978 poetry collection by Maya Angelou that powerfully explores themes of resilience, identity, and Black womanhood.

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Still I Rise 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
associatedWith Black Arts Movement ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement
author Maya Angelou ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Maya Angelou ⓘ
followedBy Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? ⓘ
follows Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well ⓘ
form lyric poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary Black feminist poetry ⓘ
spoken word performance ⓘ
hasPart Still I Rise ⓘ
hasPoeticDevice metaphor ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
rhythm ⓘ
vernacular speech ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm collection of poems ⓘ
literaryMovement African American literature ⓘ
surface form: African-American literature

feminist literature ⓘ
literarySignificance one of Maya Angelou’s most celebrated poetry collections ⓘ
mainCharacterType lyrical first-person speaker ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notablePoem Still I Rise ⓘ
publicationYear 1978 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
setting African-American experience in the United States ⓘ
subject African American women ⓘ
surface form: African-American women

racism in the United States ⓘ
sexism ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme Black womanhood ⓘ
defiance ⓘ
empowerment ⓘ
hope ⓘ
identity ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
self-affirmation ⓘ
survival ⓘ
titleOrigin derived from the refrain "I rise" in the poem "Still I Rise" ⓘ
tone assertive ⓘ
celebratory ⓘ
defiant ⓘ
hopeful ⓘ

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Maya Angelou → notableWork → And Still I Rise ⓘ
Maya Angelou → wrote → And Still I Rise ⓘ
Until the End of Time → follows → And Still I Rise ⓘ
this entity surface form: Still I Rise