Maya Angelou Poems

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1. Which poem is this line from: "Too proud to bend/ Too poor to break" When I Think About Myself The New House Still I Rise Glory Falls

2. "But I was not born to be a worked out slave" is a refrain in which of Angelou's poems? Fightin' Was Natural One More Round The Mothering Blackness Slave Coffle

3. "Just like moons and like suns/ With the certainty of tides/ Just like hopes springing high" is a line from one of Angelou's poems. Which one? Africa They Ask Why Tears Still I Rise

4. What poem does this line come from: "Lying, thinking/ Last night/ How to find my soul a home?" Alone My Guilt We Saw Beyond Our Seeming Changes

5. "Star shine, moon glow/ You're all that I can call my own" is the final line in which poem? Woman Work The Traveler Equality My Arkansas

6. "His bars of rage/ his wings are clipped and/ his feet are tied/ so he opens his throat to sing" is a line from which poem that was inspired by a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar? The Singer Will Not Sing Prisoner Caged Bird Remembrance

7. What poem is this line from: "Even sunlight dares/ and trembles through my bars?" Ain't that Bad? Awaking in New York Insomniac Prisoner

8. What poem do these lines come from: "The Rock cries out to us today,/ You may stand upon me,/ But do not hide your face?" On the Pulse of Morning Loss of Love Savior Mourning Grace

9. "I shall not be moved" is a refrain from which of Angelou's poems? Our Grandmothers Africa The Gamut When I Think About Myself

10. "You declare you see me dimly/ Through a glass that will not shine/ Though I stand before you boldly/ Trim in rank and marking time" is a line from which poem? Arrival Preacher Don't You Send Me Human Family Equality