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Still I Rise

Finish the lines of Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise." Every second and fourth line rhymes, as indicated at the side.
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Last updated: August 14, 2022
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You may write me down in history
A
With your bitter, twisted lies,
 
You may trod me in the very dirt
A
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
 
 
 
Does my sassiness upset you?
B
Why are you beset with gloom?
 
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
B
Pumping in my living room.
 
 
 
Just like moons and like suns,
C
With the certainty of tides,
 
Just like hopes springing high,
C
Still I'll rise.
 
 
 
Did you want to see me broken?
A
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
 
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
A
Weakened by my soulful cries?
 
 
 
Does my haughtiness offend you?
D
Don't you take it awful hard
 
’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
D
Diggin’ in my own backyard.
 
 
 
You may shoot me with your words,
A
You may cut me with your eyes,
 
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
A
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
 
 
 
Does my sexiness upset you?
A
Does it come as a surprise
 
That I dance like I've got diamonds
A
At the meeting of my thighs?
 
 
E
Out of the huts of history’s shame
A
I rise
E
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
A
I rise
F
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
F
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
 
 
G
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
A
I rise
G
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
A
I rise
H
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
H
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
A
I rise
A
I rise
A
I rise
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