Still I Rise P3

Question 1

Q1

Answer 1

Sibilance: “moons, suns, certainty of tides, hopes springing” are able to represent tranquillity from the persona’s acceptance of their identity

Question 2

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Answer 2

Thus, through a combination of historical Implications of segregation, together with ideologies from the second wave of feminism and civil rights movements, Angelou is able to create a newly empowered representation of the African American Identity.

Question 3

Q2

Answer 3

Juxtaposition “Night” being representative of a harsh past slaves had to endure and “daybreak” representing a new era of African American equality and freedom

Question 4

Q3 and structure

Answer 4

The repetitive use of the words “Still I rise” are able to represent the ascension of African-Americans in a prejudiced society

in tandem with the lengthening stanza structure of the text to a southern Black Baptist Church congregation, the poem is able to act like a secular hymn for marginalised and oppressed communities