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Barack Hussein Obama II is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to be elected to the presidency.
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In the passages, the author gives a few details that develop the idea that establishing a colony at Roanoke was going to be difficult because of the Native Americans. The author says, "not all relations between the colonists and the Native Americans were friendly." He expands on this when he states, "some Native Americans were still angry about the colonists' presence and threatened to do battle." The Native Americans who did not want the English colony at Roanoke made it difficult to establish a colony.
Answer: no matter what is done to the speaker and to her people, her power is such that "still, like dust, I'll rise." This simile suggests that the speaker is lighter than air, floating upward, above the "lies" of her oppressors. The poem is replete with similes. The speaker compares herself to "moons" and "suns" and describes herself as having "the certainty of tides," all images which suggest constancy and a capacity to stay the course and outlast naysayers. The speaker also uses figurative language to suggest that she behaves as if she is wealthier than she is, knowing that there is an internal, natural wealth inside her. She behaves "like I've got gold mines" and "like I've got oil wells," indicating that the speaker carries herself with the confidence of someone who has valuable natural resources, and knows it.
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