![]() ![]() ![]() The caged bird is an extended metaphor for the Black community in America and worldwide. These themes are all wrapped together in ‘Caged Bird’ through Angelou’s depiction of the two birds, one free and one caged. ![]() These include racial oppression, freedom/captivity, and happiness/sorrow. ‘Caged Bird’ is filled with powerful themes. The poem concludes with the caged bird singing once more as the poet repeats the third stanza in its entirety. Once more, the speaker reiterates the fact that the bird feels as though it owns the sky. It sings for its freedom, and everyone, even far distant, can hear its song.Īll the while, the free bird is focused on the breeze, the sounds the trees make, and the words in the ground he’s planning on eating. All it can do is sing fearfully of what it wants and does not know. Its wings are clipped, and its feet are tied together. On the other hand, the caged bird can barely move in its prison. The free bird flies around the wind currents, feeling like the sky belongs to him. ‘Caged Bird’ by Maya Angelou is an incredibly important poem in which the poet describes the experience of two different birds, one free and one caged. ![]()
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