It would help to read the poem, but based simply on the word, I would say it is used either in a negative way or inspiring way.
If you could let me know what poem it is, I may be able to help better :-)
<span>In the last chapter of American Born Chinese, Wei-Chen is revealed to be The Monkey King's son. The answer is letter A. This is because he was heartbroken about Jin being in love with another guy not him and this guy, which has the same blood as he is in love with Jin too. And so from then on, he changed his looks and personality citing that he do not want to be a slave to a human because they are soulless creatures.</span>
Reads like a martin luther king or like minded speaker going for freedom of speech and struggle for justice (against the apartheid that Rosa Parks also stood - or in her case literally sat - for). "Mississippi Burning" is a very powerful film.
