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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
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 fearful trill
of the 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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Sundown in the Paris of the prairies wheat kings have all their treasures buried
And all you hear are the rusty breezes pushing
Around the weather vane Jesus

In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face maybe
It's someone standing in a killer's place twenty years for nothing, well that's
Nothing new, besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do
Wheat kings and pretty things, let's just see what the morning brings

There's a dreamy dream where the high school is dead and stark it's a museum
And we're all locked up in it after dark where the walls
Are lined all yellow, grey and sinister hung
With pictures of our parents' prime ministers wheat kings and pretty things
Wait and see what tomorrow brings

Late breaking story on the CBC, a nation whispers,
"We always knew that he'd go free" they add, "you can't be fond of living in
The past, 'cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last"

Wheat kings and pretty things
Let's just see what tomorrow brings
Wheat kings and pretty things
Oh, that's what tomorrow brings

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i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

my heart)i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing, my darling)

i fear

no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet)i want

no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

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Hey mama, I want to scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to do (hey mama)
I know I act a fool, but I promise you I'm going back to school
I appreciate that you alive for me, I just want you to be proud of me (hey mama)

I want to tell the whole world about a friend of mine
This little light of mine, I'm feelin' let it shine
I'm feelin' take y'all back to them better times
I'm feelin' talk about my momma if y'all don't mind (hey mama)
I was 3 years old when you and I move to the chi
Late december, harsh winter gave me a cold
You fix me up something that was good for my soul
Famous homemade chicken soup, can I have another bowl (hey mama)
You work late nights just to keep on the lights
Mommy got me training wheels so I can keep on my bike
And you would give me anything in this world
Michael jackson leather and the glove, but didn't give me a curl (hey mama)
And you never put no man over me, and I love you for that mommy can't you see
Seven years old, caught you with tears in your eyes
Cause someone cheat and telling you lies, then I started to cry (hey mama)
As we knelt on the kitchen floor, I said mommy I'm a love you 'till you don't hurt no more

And when I'm older, you ain't got to work no more
And I'm a get you that mansion that we couldn't afford (hey mama)
See your unbreakable, unmistakable, highly capable, lady that's making loot
A living legend too, just look at what heaven do, send us an angel, and I thank you

Hey mama, I want to scream so loud for you
'Cause I'm so proud of you, let me tell you what I'm about to do (hey mama)
I know I act a fool, but I promise you I'm going back to school
I appreciate that you alive for me, I just want you to be proud of me (hey mama)

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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damasked, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

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This poem is a Shakespearean sonnet. This sonnet compares his lover to a number or other beauties which are never in the lovers favor. Some literary devices are personification and similes. "If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head." The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. There is a couplet at the end of the poem. The theme is true love doesn't require false comparisons, it is enough to stand on its own. Most sonnets about love have flattering comparisons, this sonnet uses realistic comparisons because beauty is subjective.

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The poem has 4 stanzas/verses. The theme is that a man was falsely accused of a heinous crime and is looking to the future to help him remain positive. As is made clear by the quotes "standing in a killer's place 20 years for nothing" and "let's just see what tomorrow brings"
Some literary devices included are many rhymes, a hyperbole ("We always knew that he'd go free")
3 lines, 4 lines (quatrain), 8 lines (octave), 4 lines (quatrain)
the rhyme scheme is inconsistent throughout

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- Kayne emotions towards his Mother
- how much he loves her
- about his childhood, how she took care of him and he wants to do the same for her
Type of Poem
Ballad
Rhyme
- emphasizes how he feels for his mother
what he would do for her
how he is deeply hurt when she is hurt
Literary Devices
Metaphor:
- "Mommy got me training wheels so I can keep on my bike"
Allusion:
- Micheal Jackson
- heaven
- angel
- old gospel song: "This little light of mine, I' feelin' let it shine"
Hyperbole:
- "And you would give me anything in this world"
Symbol:
- chicken soup - healing
it says this after talking about harsh winter

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Free verse
no rhyming scheme
use brackets to express things he is thinking in his mind

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The main theme is everlasting love that he/she carries with them.
The theme is highlighted through the writers internal and external thoughts. The external thoughts are the writing on the lines and the internal thoughts are the thoughts that are within the brackets.
There is no rhyming, rhythm or line length. The poem is a free versus poem because it doesn't contain any of the rhyme and rhythm elements.

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This poem is a free verse, and uses repetition and irony to improve the theme. Some other poetic and literary devices includes metaphor, imagery, alliteration, and personification. Maya Angelou uses contrasting stanzas about caged and free birds, to enforce the theme of freedom, survival of the unfit, and being help back.

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themes:
-being caged/ limited
-breaking free from something holding you back
-longing for something
-feeling of being held back

devices:
personification- line 14 & 15 &24
metaphor
blank rhyme - line 6 & 9