“Still I Rise” a poem written by Maya Angelou is a powerful representation of her vigorous character to withstand a barrage of discrimination, oppression, and segregation. The tone of the poem is what creates a very impulsing feeling you get reading it. I believe that the tone of the poem is very audacious, it is created through the vibrant and encouraging phrases as well as the passive aggressive repetition of the phrase “Still I Rise”. The poem is very vibrant in my opinion because it creates an imagery of what she endures while still being full of emotion through the use of similes and metaphors, an example of this is the phrase “Shoulders falling down like teardrops”. From what, I examined in this
