"On the Pulse of the Morning" help

http://poetry.eserver.org/angelou.html

What excactly is this poem about? I need to do a research paper on it, and I'm struggling.

any help would be appreciated...thanks.

Hey,

The point of this forum is to share opinions... so we should need to hear what your opinions on the poem are, and then someone will probably reply with other thoughts, and so on...