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Make sure you include at least 2 examples of textual evidence and reasoning for each example.
There is a lot to unpack here. The speaker will bring with her the “gifts that her ancestors gave”—her strength, hope, and determination. She will not inherit their pain. She has inherited instead their powerful attributes that will carry her forward in life. By calling herself the “dream and the hope of the slave,” the speaker mentions slavery explicitly for the first time. Her ancestors had hoped for and dreamed of freedom, and she has every intention of fulfilling these ambitions. Through the repetition of “I rise” in the last three lines, the stanza takes on a powerful meditative quality that even resembles a prayer. The repetition is fitting at this point in the poem, as the previous mention of slavery conjures up an image of slaves praying and singing songs. These repeated words are an affirmation of the speaker’s intentions—a song, a meditation, a prayer, a bold declaration of hope.
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