"Alone" by Maya Angelou explains how happiness cannot be achieved if you have no one to enjoy it with. She shows that no matter who you are or what you do, no one “can make it alone here” (10). The poem is spoken by what is most likely a woman reflecting on her loneliness and unhappiness. It is not aimed directly at a particular person or group of people, but at humans as a whole. This poem describes to the reader how if he does not have friends, family, and community to be there to help him in his difficulties, then he will be unhappy. Maya Angelou uses repetition, figurative language, and includes different examples of different people to convey and illustrate how a person needs someone. In this poem, repetition is continually used throughout. One of the main characteristics that a reader will recognize about this poem is that it contains large amounts of repetition of words and expressions. Throughout the poem, Angelou repeats the words “alone” and “nobody” several times. In fact, there is a three-line stanza that repeats “alone” three times and “no one” twice (11-13). This stanza is then repeated verbatim two more times throughout the poem (23-25, 35-37). Angelou does this to emphasize her message for the poem. If someone reads something once, they may not realize how important it is. By repeating these two words and phrase several times, Angelou showed the reader how important it is to find someone who cares about you so that you don't have to be alone and unhappy. Angelou uses several types of figurative language to enhance the message of the story. The first figurative language she used was personification. She said: "Where the water is not thirsty", giving the water the hum...... middle of paper...... more and more loneliness. She says, “The storm clouds are gathering / The wind will blow / The human race is suffering / And I hear the groaning” (28-31). These four lines are Angelou's way of telling the reader that she sees more and more people suffering and that it affects humans of all races. The reason Angelou included these different examples was to emphasize that loneliness is everywhere and can happen to anyone. Maya Angelou did a fantastic job of emphasizing her message and getting it across to the reader. Through repetition, figurative language, and providing examples of different people's loneliness, Angelou showed how important it is for a person to find someone who cares about them. In thirty-seven short lines, Angelou has conveyed a message that can touch any reader who takes the time to read this meaningful poem..