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What do you predict the poem will be about? 

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What do you predict the poem will be about? 

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Caged Bird could be about a search for freedom. It can also be something or someone that’s trapped and wants to break free.

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Seldom:
in few instances : rarely, unfrequently. Something that doesn’t happen often.

Clipped:
to cut or cut off with or as if with shears.

Sighing:
to take a deep audible breath (as in weariness or relief). An often involuntary act of sighing especially when expressing an emotion or feeling (such as weariness or relief)

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It has elements of narrative, lyrics and descriptive poetry

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What do you think is the meaning of the poem?

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What do you think is the meaning of the poem?

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The poem is about a caged bird and a free bird. The caged bird represents people that have repressed feelings and are in a situation that can make them feel trapped (i.e., victims of injustice, racism, sexual abuse), but find ways to cope with these feelings. In the case of the caged bird, it was singing and hearing the free bird sing. For example, people who are in these situations usually cope with it by making art, such as drawings, poetry, etc.

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Does it have rhymes? What is the rhyme scheme?

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Does it have rhymes? What is the rhyme scheme?

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The Caged Bird doesn’t rhyme. It’s a free verse poem.

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 What situation or issue do you think inspired this poem?

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 What situation or issue do you think inspired this poem?

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What probably inspired Maya Angelou to write this poem was her feelings of oppression caused by racism, since she grew in a time where racism was way more common. Maya was the caged bird; racism was his cage, and poetry was her sings of freedom.

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Do you think the issues presented in this poem might still be relevant today to some people? 

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Do you think the issues presented in this poem might still be relevant today to some people? 

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Definitely, social problems such as racism, sexual abuse and any type of oppression are still happening. There might be a lot of caged birds around the world who want freedom. Any person that has gone through that might relate to this poem

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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How many stanzas does it have? How many verses are in each stanza?

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How many stanzas does it have? How many verses are in each stanza?

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Caged Bird has six septet stanzas, all of them contain 7 verses each.

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Does it have rhymes? What is the rhyme scheme?

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Does it have rhymes? What is the rhyme scheme?

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Caged Bird has rhymes, but it doesn't follow a rhyme scheme; it's a free verse poem.

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The theme of the poem is primarily captivity and the desire of freedom, whether emotional or physical, and how the desire of freedom is expressed in different ways that can help cope with these situations.

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It contains elements of sadness, hopefulness, uncertainty, captivity, freedom.

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Alba Figueroa

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What emotions do you think it will evoke? 

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What emotions do you think it will evoke? 

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The emotions that it will likely evoke are sadness, hopefulness or even despair.