Maya Angelou is a prominent contemporary poet that was well-known for poems such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and On the Pulse of Morning. ... In fact, Maya Angelou knows first hand what it feels like to be alone in life, living between homes though out her adolescence and getting to where she is in life on her own. ... Their wives run round like banshees, Their children sing the blues, They've got expensive doctors, To cure their hearts of stone.... In stanza 5, Angelou uses nature imagery to compare storm clouds to the reader's life, saying "Storm clouds are gathering, ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate