 Angelou recognized that although " On the Pulse of Morning " was a better " public poem " than a great poem , her goal of conveying the message of unity was accomplished . Poet David Lehman agreed , stating that although it fulfilled its theatrical and political objectives , the poem was " not very memorable " . Poet Sterling D. Plumpp found Angelou 's performance " brilliant " , but was " not as enthusiastic about it as a text " . Burr stated that the negative reviews of Angelou 's poem , like the majority of the reviews about her other poetry , was due to their elitism and narrow views of poetry , which were limited to written forms rather than spoken ones like " On the Pulse of Morning " , which was written to recite aloud and perform . Burr compared the response of literary critics to Angelou 's poem with critics of Frost 's poem : " Frost 's powerful reading served to supplement the poem in the sense of enhancing it , while Angelou 's powerful reading of her poem supplemented it in the sense of making evident its inadequacy and lack . " 
 Angelou recognized that although " On the Pulse of Morning " was a better " public poem " than a great poem , her goal of conveying the message of unity was accomplished . Poet David Lehman agreed , stating that although it fulfilled its theatrical and political objectives , the poem was " not very memorable " . Poet Sterling D. Plumpp found Angelou <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>performance " brilliant " , but was " not as enthusiastic about it as a text " . Burr stated that the negative reviews of Angelou <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>poem , like the majority of the reviews about her other poetry , was due to their elitism and narrow views of poetry , which <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> limited to written forms rather than spoken ones like " On the Pulse of Morning " , which was written to recite aloud and perform . Burr compared the response of literary critics to Angelou <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>poem with critics of Frost <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>poem : " Frost <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>powerful reading served to supplement the poem in the sense of enhancing it , while Angelou <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>powerful reading of her poem supplemented it in the sense of making evident its inadequacy and lack . " 
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