Still I Rise Lesson Plan

“Still I Rise” was originally published in Maya Angelou's third poetry volume, And Still I Rise, and remains one of Angelou’s most celebrated poems to this day. Angelou wrote this collection, as well as a 1976 play of the same name, during a particularly prolific period in her storied career. By the time "Still I Rise" was published, Angelou had already achieved recognition for three autobiographies in addition to her previous two volumes of verse. Angelou frequently cited this poem as a personal favorite, noting in an interview that she turned to it in difficult times and often recited it at public readings. She once stated in an interview that she often turned to this poem to empower...