The Theme of Overcoming Adversity in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" and Langston Hughes's "I, Too" and "Dreams"

In this analytical essay, a student discusses the poems "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou and "I, Too" and "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. The student considers how the poets' backgrounds influenced the themes of their poems.

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"Your introduction and conclusion work together well to bookend your discussion of the three poems and their authors. Moreover, you provide some solid analysis of the poems themselves, and it's notable that you were able to work in relevant vocabulary words concerning the parts of a poem and literary devices. However, it is important to ensure that you've got the correct titles for each of the poems you're analyzing. Some revision is suggested to clean up your formatting, especially when it comes to end punctuation in relation to parenthetical citations and your block quotes. Note that on top of reworking your block quotes so that they're formatted correctly for MLA style, your essay would be stronger if you cut down on the number of block quotes you use. The quotes are especially disruptive in your analysis of Angelou's "Still I Rise." Instead of relying on a block quote to demonstrate your point, consider providing more descriptive analysis and reasoning to support your argument (as you do with your analysis of Hughes's "I, Too")."

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(Kibin, 2025)

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Kibin. (2025). The theme of overcoming adversity in maya angelou's "still i rise" and langston hughes's "i, too" and "dreams". http://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/the-theme-of-overcoming-adversity-in-maya-angelous-still-i-rise-and-langston-hughess-i-too-and-dreams-yNmnytYI

Be sure to capitalize proper nouns (e.g. Egypt) and titles (e.g. Macbeth) in the essay title portion of your citation.

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("The Theme of Overcoming Adversity in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" and Langston Hughes's "I, Too" and "Dreams".")

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"The Theme of Overcoming Adversity in Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" and Langston Hughes's "I, Too" and "Dreams"." Kibin, 2025, www.kibin.com/essay-examples/the-theme-of-overcoming-adversity-in-maya-angelous-still-i-rise-and-langston-hughess-i-too-and-dreams-yNmnytYI

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