https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9 Consider your own historical knowledge and research en-us 2018-08-07 00:54:40 UTC 2024-12-12 21:53:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Manbag.png https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144004 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]]> 2018-08-07 01:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144004 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144060 By analysing the poet and her poem and comparing it with the past. ]]> 2018-08-07 01:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144060 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144108 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. ]]> 2018-08-07 01:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144108 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144124 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 ]]> 2018-08-07 01:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144124 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144133 Contextual knowledge helps us understand the caged bird better because we have the background knowledge of what the poem is talking and relating to]]> 2018-08-07 01:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144133 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144155 Maya Angelou uses an extended metaphor, portraying the black American population as a ‘caged bird’ to provide a ]]> 2018-08-07 01:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144155 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144246 Knowledge from historical events and the bad things that happen daily that makes us feel like we are trapped like a caged bird]]> 2018-08-07 01:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144246 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144288 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.]]> 2018-08-07 01:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144288 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144297 Knowledge ]]> 2018-08-07 01:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144297 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144337 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. ]]> 2018-08-07 01:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144337 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144350 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]]> 2018-08-07 01:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144350 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144519 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.]]> 2018-08-07 01:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144519 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144526 Knowledge from past events ]]> 2018-08-07 01:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144526 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144644 2oneeg]]> 2018-08-07 01:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144644 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144745 Contextual knowledge helps us to understand why the author wrote the caged bird ]]> 2018-08-07 01:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272144745 https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272145838 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.]]> 2018-08-07 02:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/courtney_bender6/nhx561ixtyj9/wish/272145838