An Interpretation of “on the Pulse of Morning”
An Interpretation of “On The Pulse Of Morning”
The poem that Maya Angelou chose the read at President Clinton’s inaugural in 1993, delivers a message of hope. It uses the metaphor of morning or dawn to show that people can create their dreams and bring them to life. Maya Angelou has been a national celebrity since the reading of this poem. Her writings have a way of embracing people and successfully state her thoughts and emotions. “Pulse” is a call for hope and opportunity in part of our history. When analyzing this poem a great deal of the stanzas relate to diversity, change over time, and equality. This poem successfully portrays a sense of diversity throughout it. Many lines in different stanzas are related to diversity. Stanza four and five states, “The singing River, and the wise Rock. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew, the African, the Native American, the Sioux, the Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek, the Irish, the Rabbi, the Sheik, the Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, the Privileged, the Homeless, the Teacher. They hear. They all hear the speaking of the tree.” They are united by nature, but different due to their culture. In stanza six a lot about diversity has been acknowledged. The people who once helped Maya, do not anymore. In addition it states that we arrived from the Indians. In the course of history, elements of society have changed. Examples through this poem are “the dinosaur, who left dried tokens of their sojourn here…Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully, Come you may stand upon my Back and face your distant destiny.” The dinosaur, as we all know is now extinct. They have left their “dried tokens” or their fossils here when they were once here. They left them here for us to find. For the different groups to find. The dinosaurs were “lost in the dust…” and it was hard for people to find, but now over the years, the dinosaurs fossils have been found. In addition
The poem that Maya Angelou chose the read at President Clinton’s inaugural in 1993, delivers a message of hope. It uses the metaphor of morning or dawn to show that people can create their dreams and bring them to life. Maya Angelou has been a national celebrity since the reading of this poem. Her writings have a way of embracing people and successfully state her thoughts and emotions. “Pulse” is a call for hope and opportunity in part of our history. When analyzing this poem a great deal of the stanzas relate to diversity, change over time, and equality. This poem successfully portrays a sense of diversity throughout it. Many lines in different stanzas are related to diversity. Stanza four and five states, “The singing River, and the wise Rock. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew, the African, the Native American, the Sioux, the Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek, the Irish, the Rabbi, the Sheik, the Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, the Privileged, the Homeless, the Teacher. They hear. They all hear the speaking of the tree.” They are united by nature, but different due to their culture. In stanza six a lot about diversity has been acknowledged. The people who once helped Maya, do not anymore. In addition it states that we arrived from the Indians. In the course of history, elements of society have changed. Examples through this poem are “the dinosaur, who left dried tokens of their sojourn here…Is lost in the gloom of dust and ages. But today, the Rock cries out to us, clearly, forcefully, Come you may stand upon my Back and face your distant destiny.” The dinosaur, as we all know is now extinct. They have left their “dried tokens” or their fossils here when they were once here. They left them here for us to find. For the different groups to find. The dinosaurs were “lost in the dust…” and it was hard for people to find, but now over the years, the dinosaurs fossils have been found. In addition