(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for English 2 (Literature in English)

Is there repetition used in the poem? Why?

What does the word “clipped” mean in this poem?

What docs the line “and his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream” mean?

Who and what does the free bird symbolize?

What is the message of Maya Angelou’s poem?

Explain what is imagery in a poem. Flow has Angelou used it in the poem?

What are the fears of the caged bird? Answer with examples from Maya Angelou’s poem.

Why does the caged bird stand on the “grave of dreams?”

How is the theme of self-awareness shown in the poem “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou?

What arc the poetic devices used in Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird”?

What do you like about this poem?

What is the implied meaning of “his bars of rage” in the poem “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?

In “Caged Bird,” what does the line “and his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream” mean?

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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Explain with reference to the context.

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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What docs the word “clipped” mean in this poem?

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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Why does the caged bird sing?

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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Explain with reference to the context.

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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

According to the poem, how can the free bird be best described ?

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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What is meant by “free bird thinks of another breeze”?

But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Explain with reference to the context.