Maya Angelou
“Power of Our Country” Maya Angelou the poet, the author, the play-write, actress, mother, civil rights activist, historian, director, and producer. Maya Angelou is an amazing woman and is one of the great voices of contemporary literature. ... In this analysis of her poem “These Yet to be the United States” we will find out many of the political views of Maya Angelou. ... In her poem “These Yet to Be the United States”, Maya Angelou is voicing her opinion about the power of the United States in the 1990’s during the Gulf War era. ... ” (6- 7) In these lines of the poem Maya Angelou is doubting the United States by asking these questions in dismay of what more does our country want from everyone. ... In the third stanza Maya Angelou talks about the affects of war on the children in the United States as follows: “The kneel alone in terror/with dread in every glance. ... Maya Angelou is a very political figure in ways of her expression shown with this poem.