The poem I have chosen to write a detailed description and interpretation of is Maya Angelou's 'Still I Rise'. In analysing the chosen poem I will be considering the ways in which my own knowledge, experience and cultural identity might have an influence in the way I have read and interpreted the poem. This poem is very strong and powerful, as a reader I can sense this in the title of the poem, 'still I …showed first 75 words of 2176 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2176 total…in the world, is still rising. I find the ending of the poem has a open ending, meaning that the words, 'I rise' seems to portray a none immediate ending in the conclusions of the poem; to rise is to ascend higher to god knows where, maybe space, so there fore the last three lines represent the increase of the freedom of black people and the increase of Maya Angelou's success till... god knows when!