Poetry Analysis Help?

Question

I'm having trouble annotating this poem. I need to answer the following questions:
1. How is gender presented in this poem.
2. Comment on the repetition of “I”.

if you could help me i'd greatly appreciate it! 10 points to the most helpful!

The Women of Dan Dance with Swords in Their Hands to Mark the Time When They Were Warriors
By Audre Lorde

I did not fall from the sky
nor descend like a plague of locusts
to drink color and strength from the earth
and I do not come like rain
as a tribute or symbol for earth's becoming
I come as a woman
dark and open
some times I fall like night
softly
and terrible
only when I must die
in order to rise again.

I do not come like a secret warrior
with an unsheathed sword in my mouth
hidden behind my tongue
slicing my throat to ribbons
of service with a smile
while the blood runs
down and out
through holes in the two sacred mounds
on my chest.

I come like a woman
who I am
spreading out through nights
laughter and promise
and dark heat
warming whatever I touch
that is living
consuming
only
what is already dead.

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"The Women of Dan Dance with Swords in Their Hands to Mark the Time When They Were Warriors"

"I did not fall from the sky
nor descend like a plague of locusts
to drink color and strength from the earth
and I do not come like rain
as a tribute or symbol for earth's becoming
I come as a woman
dark and open
some times I fall like night
softly
and terrible
only when I must die
in order to rise again.

I do not come like a secret warrior
with an unsheathed sword in my mouth
hidden behind my tongue
slicing my throat to ribbons
of service with a smile
while the blood runs
down and out
through holes in the two sacred mounds
on my chest.

I come like a woman
who I am
spreading out through nights
laughter and promise
and dark heat
warming whatever I touch
that is living
consuming
only
what is already dead."

A beautiful piece written by an African Lesbian Woman
Do not know why you find it hard to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment regarding this piece.

Sam