Caged Bird and Sympathy Poems Lesson

Who is the poet that wrote "Caged Bird"

• Miya Angel

• Maya Angelou

• Meryai Anlego

• Maya Angeloo

what social group does the free bird represent?

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.

• american

• african-american

• asian

• hispanic

What social group does the caged bird represent?

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.

• american

• hispanic

• african-american

• asian

Why does Maya Angelou write this poem?

• As a memorial poem for Martin Luther King

• To show that she can write poems

• To compare two birds

• To raise awareness to her personal struggles with racism.

When did Maya Angelou write "Caged Bird"?

• 1966

• 1983

• 1980

• 1989

what does the caged bird singing represent?

• a song which he sings when he feels sad

• a protest that he is content with his life

• a protest against his confinement and opression

• a song which he sings when he feels like it

how is the message of hope conveyed in this stanza?

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

why is this stanza repeated twice?

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.

Why do we need to know about the life of the free bird to appreciate the constraints and confinement of the caged bird? 

what is the technique when the word 'but' used at the start of the stanza?

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

• i don't know

• connective

• conjunction

• adjective