Significant Stanzas

“You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may tread me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.”

Stereotypes/

Negative Representations

“Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear”

“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise. ”

“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.”

She’s finally made it; she is the voice/representation of her history

Negativity will not effect her, she is strong

Breaking through into a better light