Question

V. Explain the meaning of this stanza.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries
poem name 《still I rise》​

Answer 1

'And still I rise' is a poem about self respect. This stanza tells us about the sadness of the author. The author is so stressed that she is asking that the world wants to see her in broken and messed up state.

But the summary tells us that we should respect and love ourselves.