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Why is part one of And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou called 'Touch Me, Life, Not Softly?'
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... Why is part one of And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou called Touch Me, Life, Not Softly? There are four parts to And Still I Rise, by Maya Angelou, the first of which is named Touch Me, Life, Not Softly, and contains eight different poems. Here, I will use these poems to explore the possibilities as to the origins of the title of the first section of the anthology. The 'touch me' part of the phrase can be very ambiguous, as it could signify the way in which there has been physical touching, or being touched in an emotional or mental way, for example, being moved to tears. The latter could then be incorporated into saying the author feels life should affect her deeply, as also illustrated with 'not softly,' which is a theme heavily referred to in this first section. The very first poem of the anthology is A Kind of
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