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By having knowledge of the events that occurred during the author’s time period, we gain insight into the deeper meaning of the poem and what each bird represents. In the poem, it is stated that the caged bird “stands on the grave of dreams”. This is a symbol of the oppression that the black people experienced that left them powerless and unable to pursue their desires.

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Contextual knowledge helps us to understand why the author wrote the caged bird

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Contextual knowledge help us as readers to read between the lines, to find the depper meaning. Without prior knowledge of the authors past we would not be able to sympathise with the poem and fully understand her knowledge of words and silence.
Once we fully understand the trauma and pain that African-Americans experienced, we can see how the poem illustrates a beautiful and heartbreaking analogy for this pain.

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Knowledge from past events

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Contextual knowledge helps us to relate to the emotions the poet was feeling when they wrote the poem and the experiences that were being endured

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By having contextual knowledge it helps us understand what emotions are shown during the poem and having the relation between the cage and free bird having one stuck in a cage where it can’t do anything and have a free bird who can achieve its best it can be.

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Knowledge from historical events and the bad things that happen daily that makes us feel like we are trapped like a caged bird

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Maya Angelou uses an extended metaphor, portraying the black American population as a ‘caged bird’ to provide a

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Contextual knowledge helps us understand the caged bird better because we have the background knowledge of what the poem is talking and relating to

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By analysing the poet and her poem and comparing it with the past.

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By comparing historical events like slavery, it helps us by knowing the backgroud knowledge. We couldn't understand what was being said and we would have to use our imagination to create a meaning behind the worlds. If we didn't know the poets background we wouldn't know what any of her works mean and have an understanding of why and what she has related her poems too

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It can help us better understand why the poem was written.

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It can help us better understand why the poem was written.

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Without prior knowledge of civil rights problems concerning native africans, we would struggle to understand both what the poem is about, and why the peot chose to create the poem.

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Contextual knowledge helps us understand the story of the caged bird because we already have some background knowledge in how people were treated and what it was like living then and the consequences that came about if you committed a crime
And how hard it was to connect with others and get help, finding out about her life helps us understand the poems real meaning

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By having that contexual knowledge we are able to emotionally appeal to the poem by understanding previous experiences of the poet and understand the reasoning behind the text.