I’m stuck on a English question and need an explanation.

For your assigned poem, you should come to class prepared to speak about interesting thing from the poet’s life and an analysis of your assigned poem (what is the theme, what poetic/literary devices are used, the diction, does it reference Africa or other significant people/events).

“Declaration” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147468/declaration-5b5a286052461