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Pulse Of The Morning

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This line from Maya Angelou’s poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” illustrates the effects of cultural diversity among the American people during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Different cultures distanced themselves from one another and were not coming together peacefully. “Yet today I call you to my riverside, If you will study war no more.” This line could be interpreted as the river saying to the people that they need to stop fighting and come together. “They hear. They all hear, The speaking of the Tree.” In the late 20th century and early 21st centuries there was a lot of intolerance and racism that led people to believe certain people were inferior to others. This line signifies that all people of all different backgrounds hear
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