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Still I Rise. By Maya Angelou. Share. You may write me down in history. With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt. But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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“Woman Work” was written by the American poet Maya Angelou and first published in her 1978 collection And Still I Rise. The speaker, implied to be a Black woman, talks about all the "work" she has to do—everything from cooking, cleaning, and caring for children to picking cotton and cutting sugar cane.
“Still I Rise” is a poem by the American civil rights activist and writer Maya Angelou. One of Angelou's most acclaimed works, the poem was published in Angelou’s third poetry collection And Still I Rise in 1978. Broadly speaking, the poem is an assertion of the dignity and resilience of marginalized people in the face of oppression.
Maya Angelou's poem recognizes the unique struggles faced by women and honors their ability to rise above adversity. The poem challenges societal beauty standards, asserting that true beauty lies in inner strength and self-acceptance.
14 Οκτ 2024 · “Woman Work” by Maya Angelou, first appeared in her 1978 poetry collection And Still I Rise, reflects the strength and endurance of women, particularly women of color, as they manage their daily responsibilities.
These three aspects of oppression—race, class, and sex—must be considered together, “because in our lives they are most often experienced simultaneously.”. Angelou first published “Still I Rise” in 1978, which places the poem in conversation with the Collective’s landmark statement.
The poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou is highly suggestive of the defiance, resolution, and determination of a woman from a marginalized community to rise above others in the face of discrimination. Specifically, it speaks of the suppression of the women of African American community in the United States.
