Caged Bird

Caged Bird: The words ‘fearful’ and ‘trill’ shows

• a happy joyful tune when the bird sings

• a frustrated scream for the free bird

• a desperate cry for freedom

Caged Bird: This poem is seen as

• an autobiographical representation of the condition Angelou and her community was in

• an account of Maya Angelou's active participation in the African American Freedom Movement

• a story of the freedom enjoyed by the White Americans

Caged Bird: The life of the free bird is depicted as

• filled with food and amazing landscape

• joyous, carefree, and full of possibilities

• noisy, chaotic and busy

Caged Bird: The caged bird is a symbol of

• the freedom of the people

• the plight of Black American people

• the desire of the Black American people

Caged Bird: ‘The caged bird sings with a fearful trill’. This line is

• an irony

• a personification

• an oxymoron

Which statement best describes the structure of "Caged Bird"?

• Each stanza in "Caged Bird" conveys a different location in nature.

• Each stanza in "Caged Bird" describes a different feeling in the speaker.

• Each stanza in "Caged Bird" conveys a different mood.

• Each stanza in "Caged Bird" describes the same aspect of birds.

Which lines from the poem show that the caged bird has never been free?

• "his wings are clipped and/ his feet are tied/ so he opens his throat to sing." (lines 12-14)

• "his tune is heard/ on the distant hill/ for the caged bird/ sings for freedom" (lines 19-22)

• "But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams/ his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream" (lines 27-28)

• “The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still” (lines 31–34)

What does the caged bird’s singing reveal about him?

• He is terribly unhappy

• He prefers to sing rather than to fly

• He is afraid to be free

• He wants to be heard

In "Caged Bird" the poet uses a metaphor to compare nature to --

• a content bird.

• an unhappy child.

• the rage of water.

• confinement individuals experience.

Caged Bird: What literary device is used in the line 'the caged bird sings with a fearful trill'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Irony

• D) Alliteration