Skip to main content

Poem 3 - Still I Rise - by Maya Angelou (Sem IV)




You have the ability to shape how history remembers me with your hurtful, warped lies. You have the power to walk all over me, crushing me into the dirt itself. But even so, I will rise up from the ground just as dust rises from the earth.
Does my bold and cheeky attitude offends you? Why are you so miserable? Maybe it's because of the confident way I walk as if I had oil wells right in my living room.
I am like the moon and the sun, the rises of which are as inevitable as the rise of ocean tides. Just like high hopes, I will keep rising.
Were you hoping to see me looking sad and defeated? Did you want to see me in a submissive posture, with my head bent and eyes looking down rather than up at you? Did you want to see my shoulders slouching down in the same way that tears fall down, my body having been weakened by all my intense sobbing?
Is my pride making you mad? Are you so upset because I am so happy and joyful that it seems as though I must have gold mines in my own backyard?
You have the ability to shoot at me with your words, which are like bullets. You have the ability to cut me with your sharp glare. You may even kill me with your hatred. Nevertheless, just as the air keeps rising, I will keep rising.
Does my sex appeal makes you upset? Are you taken aback by the fact that I dance as though I have precious gems between my legs?
I rise up out of history's shameful act of slavery. I rise up from this deeply painful past. I am as vast and full of power as a dark ocean that rises and swells and carries in the tide.
I rise up, and in doing so leave behind all the darkness of terror and fear. I rise up, and in doing so enter a bright morning that is full of joyful wonder. With the personal qualities and grace I inherited from my ancestors, I embody the dreams and hopes of past enslaved peoples. I will rise, and rise, and rise.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PROSE 4 - Introduction to the Right to Information Act, 2005

SUMMARY Right to Information (RTI) is an act of the  Parliament of India  which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information. It replaced the former  Freedom of Information Act, 2002 . Under the provisions of RTI Act, any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. In case of the matter involving a petitioner's life and liberty, the information has to be provided within 48 hours. The Act also requires every public authority to computerise their records for wide dissemination and to proactively certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally. [1] This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005. Every day, over 4800 RTI applications are filed. In the first ten years of the com...
Post a Comment
Read more

Interview Question: Finance (Accounting)

Interview Questions (Continued...) Domain Questions-finance (Accounting) 1. How does the owner recover his capital from business?  -> From profits 2. What is permissible accounting method (it is a method mentioned in GAAP). -> Only the accrual accounting method is allowed by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Accrual accounting recognizes costs and expenses when they occur rather than when actual cash is exchanged. 3. Name two accounting principles? -> Accrual principle Conservatism principle Consistency principle Cost principle Economic entity principle Full disclosure principle Going concern principle Matching principle Materiality principle Monetary unit principle Reliability principle Revenue recognition principle Time period principle 4. What do you mean by going Concept? -> Going concern is an accounting term for a company that is financially stable enough to meet its obligations and continue its business for the foreseeable futur...
Post a Comment
Read more

Compulsory English

CONTENTS PROSE SECTION 1. Sundar Pichai 2. Mallika Srinivasan 3. Muhammad Yunus 4. Introduction to the Right to Information Act, 2005                                                          POETRY SECTION 5. All the World's a Stage                                                                    - William Shakespeare 6. How do I love thee?      ...
Post a Comment
Read more