I have met the most beautiful woman my eyes have ever seen. Her name is Juliet. I know that she is set to marry a man named Paris. I do not care. Juliet is the one I love. The only problem is that she is a Capulet. The Capulets and my family, the Montegut’s, have been fueding since before I was born.
Leave a commentTybalt proved his loyalty to me. But at what cost? He killed Mercuito to protect me. While dying, Mercuito put a curse on me and my family. I regret this day. I got the ultimate revenge on Tybalt by killing him. Juliet must despise me now.
Leave a commentEver since I first laid eyes on her, I fell in love with her. It was love at first sight. I didn’t even know what her name was. I’d rather marry her over everyone else in the world. I would fight or kill anyone that opposes her.
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- What does the title mean? The title means that even though she has been through pain, she keeps her head up
- Why would someone with such a difficult childhood be able to say “Still I Rise”? She is optimistic about tough situations
- What words support the idea that the author has had a difficult childhood? When the author asks “Do you want to see me broken?”
- To whom is the poet writing? Anyone who oppresses her
- What does the poet mean, “I’ll rise,” and what is the impact of the repetition of this phrase? She repeats it because she wants everyone to know that through everything, she still will rise
- Why does the author ask questions of the reader? The questions are meant for anyone who is against her, but she includes it in the poem to give a reason to say still I rise
- What is a key word in each stanza? Like, because she compares different situations
- What words does she use that reflect her personal style? She uses ‘Cause instead of because
- Find a picture for each stanza to reinforce the power and message of the poem.
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.
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 backyard.
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.