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Poetry Reflection Read the following poem silently to yourself. Highlight or bold any word or phrase that stands out to you as you go. 57177823351975 65871824061175 64961023846615 63416623753375 62815423603975 62433823586695 61227823438015 59780623324975 66595423805575 65504623549615 65033023453135 64482223383655 63495823224175 62905423130935 62138623053895 61073023044175 55806221373676 64608221907196 64835021829796 64007021853916 63902621864716 62466221763916 60414221677516 59600621557996 66584621898916 66127421829076 63643421500756 63942221460436 62775821489596 61994621435596 61533821394196 60745421345236 59885021318596 58661021267836 5788702881916 6522382818916 6344902750876 6192982695076 6119902674556 6569182633876 6589702550716 6505102522636 6324382515796 6210262471516 6119902441996 5993182427236 5830822334356 6568462276396 6464422285036 6294142280716 6316822215556 6160942233196 6021982131316 670238291716 659366256796 6483502-45084 6212062-23844 607022221876 6099742-68844 5885902-19164 57 24622-52284 5684662-77124 36899401201400 3849420904760 3370260683360 " Still I Rise " 102522651186 2140123186506 1744123199826 210523244106 -1110683257786 -2424683267506 -3576683257786 -8213483314666 -2899882996426 -3907883037466 -5131883061226 214122767466 -883882820386 -1056682743346 -3213082854946 -3144682801306 -4530682843066 -6096682865746 -7983082883746 -6823882566226 -7623082655146 -7731082605466 361721170339 635321991139 -1243882036499 -2489482092299 -4048282081499 -430281648059 -2932281834539 -3979881889259 -4879881902579 -5139081932819 -6395481978899 -8137882000499 732521524219 -487881555179 -642681490019 -3252681668219 -3321081613859 -4516281676499 -6111081743819 -8177481776219 -1297881253499 -2817081322979 -3940281383819 -4887081465539 -4966281401099 -6240681473459 -8357481501179 133732854619 315532666699 217252689019 75412729339 -44108761739 -205388682539 -284588778659 -275948841299 -375308903939 -393308776499 -512468903939 -5841089 74139 -721268991779 43098602799970 33465002580730 2224203033610 4330202862610 4092602684050 4499401114450 474060917170 You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin ' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. 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. Maya Angelou Now, read the poem again. This time, write down your thoughts as you go. Specifically, how do you relate to this poem? Do the circumstances that have surrounded the past week affect your reading? In what ways? Do you find the poem uplifting? Why or why not? She is very confident in herself. She does not go down easy, and if she does, she always gets back up. The circumstances that have surrounded me the past week did affect my reading. The whole situation that has been brought upon me has brought many people down. It has broken people, and some people need help rising again. I find it very uplifting. It shows that no matter what happens, you can always get back up. It shows that confidence is a very great thing. Finally, identify at least 3 words/phrases/stanzas (they can be the same ones you noted originally) that you feel best embody the poem's message. These words pack the punch' or are the most powerful, in your opinion. List them, then explain why you chose them. "Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom?" I chose this because I really think it shows how confident she is. The people that are "beset with gloom" are her haters. She really painted a picture for me by saying this line. She is her own person, and other people are trying to bring her down. She continues to do her own thing, and she just wonders why people are trying to bring her down. She looks at them like they are trying so hard to do something they will never achieve. "Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops." I chose this because she