Does the author of "Still I Rise" use rhyme, repetition, or meter?

Rhyme is one of the easiest elements to find in a poem, and Angelou does in fact use rhyme in her poem, "Still I Rise."
She uses end rhyme in the second and fourth line of each stanza, though this pattern does change slightly at the end of the poem.
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
The words "lies" and "rise" rhyme in this stanza. In the next stanza, "gloom" and "room" rhyme. It's important to notice as well that she uses the rhyme of "rise" often throughout the poem, to emphasize that word.
In the last two stanzas, she switches the pattern and rhymes the first two lines and the second two lines, and then she ends with three lines of "I rise."
This brings me to the next point: repetition. Angelou uses repetition frequently throughout this poem, specifically through the phrase "I rise." This creates a tone of determination and a rhythm that shows endurance and long-lasting effects.
In the sixth stanza, she starts each line out with the words, "you may". This creates an effect of how constant this torment is. By using similar sentence structures through this part of the poem, she is trying to show that these are everyday occurrences for her and not just a one-time thing.
Meter can be a bit more difficult to find, and this poem changes meter in most stanzas. However, one thing to note with meter is the ending,
I rise I rise I rise
This leaves an echo in the reader's mind even after you put down the poem, and the short words and short lines make each word feel like a punch, meant to create a lasting impression.

In "Still I Rise," Maya Angelou uses rhyme, repetition, and meter. The poet uses rhyme in each stanza, although the pattern is much more regular in the first seven stanzas. In the first seven stanzas, Angelou essentially employs an ABCB rhyme scheme (in other words, lines 2 and 4 rhyme), individual to each stanza. For instance, the first two stanzas

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Each of these stanzas has an ABCB scheme in and of itself, but if we were to compare them to one another, the rhyme scheme becomes the far more complicated ABCBDEFE. This complexity then continues to grow with each stanza.

In the eighth and ninth stanzas, the rhyme scheme shifts to ABABCC and ABABCCBBB, respectively. These rhymes are comprised of a slant rhyme of "shame" and "pain" in stanza eight, as well as the refrain of "I rise" in both stanzas.

The above refrain is a continuation of the repetition of "I'll rise" that Angelou has used from the very first stanza. The shift from "I'll rise" to "I rise" changes the immediacy of the act of rising from future tense to present tense, showing a fulfillment of the narrator's initial promise.

Finally, the poem does contain a semi-irregular meter. Angelou manipulates meter in each stanza to emphasize certain words. For example, stanza one consists of the following:


You may write | me down | in hi | sto ry

With your bi | ter twi | sted lies

You may trod | me in | the ve | ry dirt

But still | like dust | I'll rise.

"|" marks divisions between feet.

Bold marks stressed syllables.

Lines 1 and 3 begin with an anapest (unstressed, unstressed, stressed), followed by three iambs (unstressed, stressed). Line 2 begins with an anapest followed by two iambs. Line 4 is regular iambic trimeter (three iambs), giving it more emphasis and really drawing our attention to the word "still"––very powerful and emphasizes the narrator's perseverance.The meter shifts slightly in each stanza, and then shifts greatly in the last two stanzas as the poem employs repetition to leave the reader with a lasting impression of the narrator's determination.