Introduction:
Welcome listeners to this Episode of Literature Round Table in our Open Learning Podcast Series. Today, we are going on a journey into the magnificent world of poetry and I am your host David Sea, a student from Indooroopilly State High School.
Poetry to me is unique. It does not need a plethora of explanation, just a powerful message, image and meaning of the sweetness or the bitterness experiences from the bottom of the poet’s heart to tell the story. However, different poets have their own preferred techniques to convey these feelings. In this podcast, we are exploring a very talented poet, Maya Angelou, who experienced firsthand racial prejudices and discrimination and wrote for ordinary people like us to perceive the truth …show more content…
An examination of “Caged Bird” will reveal her wise choice of form of poem, her figurative language, combined with her vivid imagery illustrating why Angelou is one of the most successful poets of her time.
Body:
Angelou’s clever manipulation of structure constructs the very powerful subject matter. On the initial glance, the title of the poem directly shows the main theme of the poem. “Caged Bird” suggests an image of a bird is being trapped and locked out of the society which evokes sympathy straight away to the reader. Angelou’s poem is an example of free verse. In each of this broken-stanza, there are varies number of lines. Stanzas 1 and 2 have seven
lines each, but stanzas 3 and 6 have eight lines. Another, structuring devices is juxtaposition between stanza to stanza. In the first stanza, Angelou describes a free bird with the power to explore and claim the world. However, in the second stanza Angelou highlights a struggling bird which is controlled but still has pride and is trying to make his voice heard on a distant hill. By using the joy of the free bird contrasts with the caged bird’s misery conveys the reader to bear the tragic story of oppression. Hence, the use of free verse structure distressingly and critically represents the freedom of the persecuted black …show more content…
Angelou’s choice of diction also conceives the tones for the reader to strongly see the images. Words such as “breeze”, “wind” and “trees” have a long vowels which conduct a soft-sound and placid tones to the image. Nonetheless, Angelou uses words like “tied”, “trill”, “drill” and “Clipped” to depict a pessimistic images as the word are short and powerful. All in all, Angelou used imagery to expose and promote that racism is harming black
Welcome listeners to this Episode of Literature Round Table in our Open Learning Podcast Series. Today, we are going on a journey into the magnificent world of poetry and I am your host David Sea, a student from Indooroopilly State High School.
Poetry to me is unique. It does not need a plethora of explanation, just a powerful message, image and meaning of the sweetness or the bitterness experiences from the bottom of the poet’s heart to tell the story. However, different poets have their own preferred techniques to convey these feelings. In this podcast, we are exploring a very talented poet, Maya Angelou, who experienced firsthand racial prejudices and discrimination and wrote for ordinary people like us to perceive the truth …show more content…
An examination of “Caged Bird” will reveal her wise choice of form of poem, her figurative language, combined with her vivid imagery illustrating why Angelou is one of the most successful poets of her time.
Body:
Angelou’s clever manipulation of structure constructs the very powerful subject matter. On the initial glance, the title of the poem directly shows the main theme of the poem. “Caged Bird” suggests an image of a bird is being trapped and locked out of the society which evokes sympathy straight away to the reader. Angelou’s poem is an example of free verse. In each of this broken-stanza, there are varies number of lines. Stanzas 1 and 2 have seven
lines each, but stanzas 3 and 6 have eight lines. Another, structuring devices is juxtaposition between stanza to stanza. In the first stanza, Angelou describes a free bird with the power to explore and claim the world. However, in the second stanza Angelou highlights a struggling bird which is controlled but still has pride and is trying to make his voice heard on a distant hill. By using the joy of the free bird contrasts with the caged bird’s misery conveys the reader to bear the tragic story of oppression. Hence, the use of free verse structure distressingly and critically represents the freedom of the persecuted black …show more content…
Angelou’s choice of diction also conceives the tones for the reader to strongly see the images. Words such as “breeze”, “wind” and “trees” have a long vowels which conduct a soft-sound and placid tones to the image. Nonetheless, Angelou uses words like “tied”, “trill”, “drill” and “Clipped” to depict a pessimistic images as the word are short and powerful. All in all, Angelou used imagery to expose and promote that racism is harming black