The Sun Rises Mankind, through its hardships and struggles, has created many outlets to tell of its trials and tribulations. People have a need to relate their stories to other people. Music, art, prose, cinema, and poetry are among some of the most common types of storytelling. Poetry is one of the oldest and strongest forms of telling a story. It has often been used to chronicle the hardships of a group of people who …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…that a reader without previous knowledge of the struggles of the African-American in the United States would be moved after reading it. Her use of metaphors makes the poem beautiful and thought provoking at the same time. The author uses poetry to relate the story of her and her people to the audience, as a painter would use paint to make a mural. This poem is one poem that cannot be easily dismissed by anyone.