Descriptive Questions from Still I Rise || Questions of 6 Marks.
Question: “You may write down in history / With your bitter twisted lies, ….” – Who says this and about whom? What does the word ‘history’ stand for in the present context? What does the poet mean to say here?
Ans: The anti-racist African – American poet Maya Angelou says this to the oppressors and racist people of the country in her poem ‘StillI Rise.
In the present context of the poem the word ‘history’ stands for the book that deals with life and culture of the civilization.
Here the poet means to say what the oppressors say are distorted causing pain and unhappiness to the people under subjugation. Their statements are false. The poet stands against the oppression and slavery. So, she starts by stating how those words of the oppressors have no power over her.
Question: “Just like moons and the suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still Ill rise.”
Who compares herself/himself with natural phenomena? What are the hopes compared to? Bring out the inner meaning of the similes.”
Ans. The poet, Maya Angelou compares herself with natural (প্রাকৃতিক) phenomena (ঘটনা) in her poem ‘Still I Rise’.
Hopes of the poet in general as well as hopes of the black people are compared to the inevitability (অবশ্যম্ভাবিতা) of the natural phenomena.
Rising of the sun and the moon is certain. Formation (গঠন) of tides and the presence of air is certain (নিশ্চিত) too. The poet is also sure that black people will rise up from oppression(অত্যাচার) and slavery (দাসত্ব) one day. Hence (এই কারণে), by using such similes the poet means to say that inner strength of the slaves cannot be destroyed by oppression. Also, hopes within them are as certain as happening of natural phenomena (স্বাভাবিক /প্রাকৃতিক ঘটনা) like the rising of the sun and the moon in the sky. Such similes, however, express the poet’s optimistic (আশাবাদী ) outlook (দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি), confidence and inner strength.
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