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Caged Bird. By Maya Angelou. A free bird leaps. on the back of the wind. and floats downstream. till the current ends. and dips his wing. in the orange sun rays. and dares to claim the sky.
‘Caged Bird’ evokes sadness through the caged bird's poignant song of longing and confinement. The bird's trapped existence, symbolized by clipped wings and a narrow cage, embodies a sense of despair and unfulfilled potential.
The poem describes the opposing experiences between two birds: one bird is able to live in nature as it pleases, while a different caged bird suffers in captivity. The latter bird sings both to cope with its circumstances and to express its own longing for freedom.
‘Caged Bird’ is a 1983 poem by the African-American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou (1928-2014). The poem originally appeared in Angelou’s collection Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing? The poem uses the image of a caged bird to explore issues of confinement, oppression, and restriction.
I know why the caged bird sings. A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky.
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own.
Caged Bird Lyrics. A free bird leaps. on the back of the wind. and floats downstream. till the current ends. and dips his wing. in the orange sun rays. and dares to claim the sky. But a bird...
Dec 15, 2019 · Caged Bird. Posted by Poetry Prof. Maya Angelou explores suffering, inequality and a people’s refusal to give up in this hard-hitting poem. “One of the brightest lights of our time – a brilliant writer and a fierce friend. She… helped generations of Americans find their rainbow amidst the clouds…”. Barack Obama, on the passing of ...
“Caged Bird” is one of Maya Angelou’s most famous poems; the title of her first autobiography, which tells the story of her youth, is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Apr 3, 2024 · In all, the caged bird portrays a Black community that has been terrorized by oppression, but that nonetheless continues to year and work for freedom. The free bird symbolizes the white community, which has oppressed Black people.
