Analysis Of The Poem We Are More Alike

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The message from Angelou's poem is to tell people that no two are exactly alike, but they are more similar than different. In stanza nine the author says We are more alike, my friends,than we are unalike. This show that the author states people have more in common. In stanza eight the author states that in minor ways we are different in major we are the same. In other words the author says we are more alike than we think. In stanza seven and eight the author says we in almost every line for example, we love and lose in China. This shows that the author states we all love and lose in China which means we all have something in common.

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