The poems,”Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and”Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou were poems about slavery. Each poem had its own unique feature. As for both of them, they both had a theme on slavery. Their rhyme scheme, tone, and theme have similarities but they also have differences. These similarities and differences can be compared and contrasted. The first difference is their rhyme scheme. Both author had different rhyme schemes. As for Dunbar, he had a similar pattern for all three of his stanzas. The rhyme scheme for the first stanza was ABAABCC. The rest that followed, had the same pattern, only different letters. Maya Angelou on the other hand, had an irregular rhyme scheme. Her poem had no pattern. As for her first stanza, it was all
