Bird Sings Poem By Maya Angelou Poem

At first glance at the title the reader gets the impression that the poem was about someone who has been subjected to isolation and loneliness thus causing them to be alone. However, After you read the poem this is not what comes to mind.
The poem starts off in the perspective of of the poet Maya Angelou. The first stanza introduces the restless narrator Maya, and she seems to be doing a lot of soul-searching. As you read though the poem, she begins to show that she is isolated, but then she starts to think she has come up with a solution to all of her problems. This then brings you to the second stanza that is repeated three times throughout the poem; the fourth, and the fifth.This stanza explains that you cannot make it in life alone. This then starts off the beginning of the third stanza that …show more content…
Isolation is a word we do not use often it is usually explained as loneliness. Loneliness is something every human being experiences somewhere in their life. In a way, in connects us to others. However, this poem is stating that we go through this experience, but it should not be something we experience through our whole life. We cannot be independent, and we need family and friends. This is shown mostly through the third stanza. The poem states that even those who are affluent are lonely and they cannot even use their money to help them because you cannot but friends or family, and you have to learn to trust and love those around you.
After the reader finishes the poem and analizes it closer this helps to understand what the title and the poem it really trying to say. The reader realizes that the poem is about someone who has suffered much through their life seeing theirself and others suffering. This then shows that with how much they have suffered it needs healing, but it never heals. Therefore, the Alone aspect of the poem shows its true