Many of Angelou's poems are personal in nature, especially "Diiie" and "Oh Pray", but as DeGout states, like in her autobiographies, "a particular gift of the Angelou muse is the translation of personal experience into political discourse".
Many of Angelou's poems are personal in nature, especially "Diiie" and "Oh Pray", but the theme of racism and connected to it, liberation, can be found in both her poems and autobiographies. According to DeGout, "a particular gift of the Angelou muse is the translation of personal experience into political discourse".