Download Caged Bird Poem Illustration Images. Learn vocabulary, terms and more with flashcards, games and other study tools. The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the the poem begins unexpectedly (given the title) with a description of the life of a free bird.

Rise From Caged Bird To Poet Of The People Maya Angelou By Bethany Hegedus Illustrated By Tonya Engel Lee Low Books from www.leeandlow.com

Maya angelou, caged bird from shaker, why don't you sing? The readers can feel a sense of longing through these words and structure, as if maya angelou aspires to be that bird one day, to leap through the tyrannical society, through their customs and their rules and to 'claim the sky'. Maya angelou's powerful and inspirational poem, perfect as a gift for anyone you love, or for yourself, of course!

The poem illustrates the contrast between imprisonment and freedom through symbolism of a caged bird and a free bird and then between their dreams and desires.

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