I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Cage

• A box

• an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept

• A measuring device

Rancor

• challenging task

• difficult

• extreme hatred or ill will

Thoughtful

• considerate

• not thinking

• likes to read

Sparse

• quiet

• meager, scant; scattered

• caged

Rage

• response

• shaking

• violent anger

Sigh

• to lift up

• to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.

• sing

Unknown

• not known

• confusing

• understood

Nightmare

• a good dream

• stars at night

• bad dream

Disdain

• to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; (n.) a feeling of contempt

• to consider

• to support fully and completely

What is this poem mainly about?

• Freedom and slavery

• The lives of birds

• Joy and singing

• The dreams of birds