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Background. I Shall Not Be Moved is Maya Angelou's fifth volume of poetry. She studied and began writing poetry at a young age. After her rape at the age of seven, as recounted in her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), she dealt with her trauma by memorizing and reciting great works of literature, including poetry, which helped bring her out of her self-imposed muteness.
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I Shall Not Be Moved. Maya Angelou’s poetry draws on the rhythms of jazz, blues, and spirituals; despite its tough look at the hard facts of black life, it is ultimately forgiving and ...
Jan 1, 2001 · This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou's unique gift for capturing the triumph and pain of being black and every man and woman's struggle to be free. Filled with bittersweet intimacies and ferocious courage, these poems are gems–many-faceted, bright with wisdom, radiant with life. 64 pages, Paperback.
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Nov 29, 2011 · I shall not be moved ... I shall not be moved by Maya Angelou. Publication date 1990 Publisher Random House Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor
No one, no, nor no one million. Ones dare deny me God, I go forth. Along, and stand as ten thousand. The Divine upon my right. Impels me to pull forever. At the latch on Freedom's gate. The Holy ...
About I Shall Not Be Moved. In her first book of poetry sinceWhy Don’t You Sing?Maya Angelou, bestselling author of the classic autobiographyI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, writes with lyric, passionate intensity that reaches out to touch the heart and mind. This memorable collection of poems exhibits Maya Angelou’s unique gift for ...
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The song describes being "like a tree planted by the waters" who "shall not be moved" because of faith in God. Secularly, as "We Shall Not Be Moved" it gained popularity as a protest and union song of the Civil Rights Movement. [2] The text is based on biblical scripture: Blessed is the man that trusteth in the L ORD, and whose hope the L ORD is.
