In the poem, Maya Angelou uses the poetic device of simile in the seven quatrains. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker says, “You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise” (3-4). The simile show how life pushed the speaker in the dirt, but the speaker got back up and persevered. Something
In the poem, Maya Angelou uses the poetic device of simile in the seven quatrains. In the beginning of the poem, the speaker says, “You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise” (3-4). The simile show how life pushed the speaker in the dirt, but the speaker got back up and persevered. Something