Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird" - Analysis

The poem is a comparison between a ____ bird and a caged bird.

What does the "grave of dreams" refer to?

• Death of hope for freedom

• Many slaves with the dream of freedom, died

• Discrimination is finally rid of

• Death of Maya Angelou

What is Racial Oppression?

• Unjustified Restraints

• Civil Rights Movement

• American Dream

• Social Hierarchies

What is the theme of the poem?

• Oppression

• Be a free bird

• American Dream

• Marginalized Communities

How was self-expression conveyed through the poem?

• The caged bird singing

• "his wings are clipped and his feet are tied"

• free bird

• bars of rage

How many stanzas are in the poem? (Write as a number)

Which two stanzas were repeated in the poem?

• Three & Six

• 1 & Six

• Two & Four

• N / A

Which phrase in the poem indicates "jumping for joy"?

• "The free bird thinks of another breeze"

• 
  "for the caged bird sings of freedom."

• 
  "A free bird leaps on the back of the wind”

• 
  “floats downstream till the current ends”

Which of these phrases is written using a negative tone?

• "his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream wings are clipped and feet tied"

• "The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown"

• "dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own."

The mood varies throughout the poem

• True

• False