Brief Biography Of Marguerite Ann Johnson

Marguerite Ann Johnson was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. 
Maya got her nickname from her older brother, Bailey, who had a stuttering problem and could only say “My “for “My sister” which later formed into Maya.
When Maya was living with her mother, she was sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend at age eight. Maya was too embarrassed to tell anyone, she told her brother, who went to tell the rest of the family. The boyfriend was put on trial and was sentenced to jail, but was let out after one day, and a few days later was murdered presumably by one of Angelou's uncles. After this chain of events, Angelou became mute for five years, for she thought that her words and actions had caused the man to die, when in fact it was
Later in the years, she finished high school and shortly after graduation she gave birth to her son, Guy.
In the 1960, Maya Angelou moved to Cairo, Egypt where she served as an editor of an English newspaper. A year later, she moved to Ghana where she taught at the University of Ghana’s School of Music and Drama, and worked there as an editor as well. During her time there, she met with Malcolm X and returned with him to America in 1964 to work for Civil Rights. 
Soon after her civil rights work, Maya Angelou started her writing career, and was made famous by her simple wisdom that engage to each of our lives.
Repetition; in the poem, Maya continues, to use “still…I rise.” This tells the reader that no matter what “I” will always rise. This point out how much hope and confidence regardless the trouble she has experienced.
Symbolism; “I Rise” means to move upward or stand up. in the text “I rise” shows that no matter what how down you feel, you can always stand up and get back on track.
Simile: “Just like moons and like suns” Maya wrote this line to made readers realize that no matter what she will always raise up like how the moon and the sun rises
(Words: lies and rise; gloom and room; tides and rise; eyes and cries; hard and yard; eyes and rise)
Self respect and having confidence in yourself. This theme is clearly show throughout the whole poem in the form of the many different literary devices that Maya Angelou uses. For example the stanza:"You may shoot me with your words,you may cut me with your eyes,you may kill me with your hatefulness,but still, like dust, I'll rise."This is a great example of Maya Angelou showing that no matter the obstacle, bullying, or harsh words that she is faced with and must overcome, she will never be defeated by the words or let them affect the way she feels about herself.
Self respect and having confidence in yourself. This theme is clearly show throughout the whole poem in the form of the many different literary devices that Maya Angelou uses. For example the stanza:"You may shoot me with your words,you may cut me with your eyes,you may kill me with your hatefulness,but still, like dust, I'll rise."This is a great example of Maya Angelou showing that no matter the obstacle, bullying, or harsh words that she is faced with and must overcome, she will never be defeated by the words or let them affect the way she feels about