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Read the Above Lines and Answer the Question that Follow. What Parallel Can Be Drawn to the Poet’S Feelings and that of the Caged Bird?

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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.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

What parallel can be drawn to the poet’s feelings and that of the caged bird?

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Solution

The line “For the caged bird sings of freedom” parallels to the author and her cry for freedom in the form of equality. She feels that her cries are heard, but only as a soft background noise. She still feels that she is caged and that although she sings, her cries are heard only as a distant noise. And because of being discriminated she is restricted and cannot realise many of her dreams.

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Chapter 1.07: I Know why the Caged Bird Sings - Stanza 5

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Chapter 1.07 I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
Stanza 5 | Q 2

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