Figure out who, where, when, and what happens in the poem “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou 1st paragraph should address Who? a. Who is, or who are, the poem’s speaker(s)? b. Who is, or who are, the auditor(s)? c. Who are the other characters, if any, that appear in the poem? 2nd paragraph should address Where? When? a. Where is the speaker? b..Where and when do any actions described in the poem take place? 3rd paragraph should address the What? a. What is the situation described in the poem? b. What, if anything, literally happens over the course of it, or what action, if any, does it describe? c. Or, if the poem doesn’t have a plot, then how would you describe its internal structure? Even when a poem seems less interested in telling a story than in simply capturing a feeling or describing something or someone, you can still usually read in it some kind of progression or development or even an argument. When and how does the subject matter or focus or address shift over the course of the poem?
