... beautiful as it is amazing, her choice of words seems so far fetched, yet borders on brilliant. Another crucial element in the effectiveness of this poem is the many literary devices used. There is one main simile that this poem is based around: " Still like dust I"ll Rise" . There are a few different ways to look at this statement. One very obvious way to interpret ... Maya being treated like that dust, but also having the same capabilities as that dust and rising above her circumstances. By using such literary devices Maya allows the reader to think deeper while gathering their own op...

• Word Count: 1199
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... "Cold icy kisses and Let me rest tonight." This all pertains to the poem's theme, that despite your hardest times, you can find relief outside of yourself, like how the speaker of the poem finds comfort in nature. When writing their works, poets use literary devices to make the message of their theme stand out and be more effective. Following this, Maya ... Angelou also chooses to use literary devices that are present throughout this poem. Some of them include apostrophe, personification, consonance, and others. Examples of usage of apostrophe are: "shine on me, sunshine rain on me, rai...

• Word Count: 833
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). This poem is written in blank verse. It does not have any rhyme or rhythm. Yet it does use figurative language. For example, the simile, "Dreams ... . She is explaining to one of her peers that she has the best parents and the best toys(Angelou 65). There are a lot of literary devices used in this poem. The two most obvious ones are slang and repetition. The phrases "Ain't nobody better's my daddy", "Ain't nothing prettier"n my dollie", and ... "No lad...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). This poem is written in blank verse. It does not have any rhyme or rhythm. Yet it does use figurative language. For example, the simile, "Dreams ... . She is explaining to one of her peers that she has the best parents and the best toys(Angelou 65). There are a lot of literary devices used in this poem. The two most obvious ones are slang and repetition. The phrases "Ain't nobody better's my daddy", "Ain't nothing prettier"n my dollie", and ... "No lad...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). This poem is written in blank verse. It does not have any rhyme or rhythm. Yet it does use figurative language. For example, the simile, "Dreams ... . She is explaining to one of her peers that she has the best parents and the best toys(Angelou 65). There are a lot of literary devices used in this poem. The two most obvious ones are slang and repetition. The phrases "Ain't nobody better's my daddy", "Ain't nothing prettier"n my dollie", and ... "No lad...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... a black American women, that I had done something wrong in a former life and God was making me pay for it." The power of the poem "Still I Rise" is derived from Maya Angelou's powerful sense of humility (not modesty) of who she is and glorifying in it. Angelou was ... many hardships she brings those feeling of jubilation and fear to her literary work. She is open and honest about her emotions and easily passes this feeling and thoughts to her readers. "Still I Rise" is a poem written in free verse with predominately four lines stanza's. The language is ... however it does use figurative ...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to Angelou in her childhood. She is explaining to one of her peers that she has the best parents and the best toys (Angelou 65). There are a lot of literary devices used in this poem. The two most obvious ones are slang and repetition. The phrases "Ain't nobody better's my daddy", "Ain't nothing prettier'n my dollie", and "No lady cookinger than my mommy ... rhyme like quauter and daughter, said and head, and pie and lie (Angelou 65). A third and final poem of Angelou's is " Avec Merci, Mother". This poem uses very simple language, but it is very complicated. The subject seems to change...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School