Racial Equality Racism is a widespread problem that is occurring all around the world. There needs to be a stop to this because all people are created equal. The title of the poem I have chosen is I know why the caged bird sings. It talks about the caged bird being discriminated against and being trapped all day. It was written by Maya Angelou. I got my version of this poem from my tenth grade english teacher, Mr.Kifer, and he has asked us to pick a poem of the sheet and write an essay about it. This poem is a narrative poem because it is telling a story about what it would be like to be trapped in a cage all day and not be able to go freely as you wanted to. This poem’s theme is about racism and how all things were created equal so they
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She makes statements like the sighing trees throughout this poem. She made this statement to show how the trees sounded in the wind. This gives the trees a human like characteristic of being able to sigh, which trees can not actually do. This was done to show to make the reader feel more connected to the poem and think more about what the bird that was locked up in its cage was missing out in nature. This is how the author used personification throughout her poem.
Imagery was used throughout this poem by Maya Angelou. One time she said, “But a caged BIRD stands on a grave of dreams.” This gives the reader the image that the caged birds dreams are dead. She does this to show how the bird has no chance to be free and live a normal life and how it is just stuck in its cage all day. This makes the reader feel sympathy for the bird as it is not able to be free. This shows why the reader chose to include imagery in her …show more content…
Maya Angelou said, “In the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky.” This obviously an exaggeration due to the fact that the bird can not actually claim the sky. The author is showing how the bird can fly whenever it wants because of it being free. She used this hyperbole to make you feel bad for the bird that cannot fly whenever it wants and how it is not able to fly freely. If the bird was free he would be able to be just like this bird. This was used perfectly by Maya Angelou because it appeals to the person’s senses and makes us think about what if the caged bird was actually free. This is how the author used hyperbole in this poem.
Diction is used significantly in I know why the caged bird sings. In this poem she uses words like tune instead of saying song. She says, “But longed for still and his tune is heard on a distant hill.” She did not say song due to her saying later of the caged bird singing for freedom. This is describing the tune of the bird’s voice. She would say tune then to show how the tune sounded like the bird wanted his freedom. She did this to show how the bird sounded rather than what he said. This is how the author used diction throughout her
She makes statements like the sighing trees throughout this poem. She made this statement to show how the trees sounded in the wind. This gives the trees a human like characteristic of being able to sigh, which trees can not actually do. This was done to show to make the reader feel more connected to the poem and think more about what the bird that was locked up in its cage was missing out in nature. This is how the author used personification throughout her poem.
Imagery was used throughout this poem by Maya Angelou. One time she said, “But a caged BIRD stands on a grave of dreams.” This gives the reader the image that the caged birds dreams are dead. She does this to show how the bird has no chance to be free and live a normal life and how it is just stuck in its cage all day. This makes the reader feel sympathy for the bird as it is not able to be free. This shows why the reader chose to include imagery in her …show more content…
Maya Angelou said, “In the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky.” This obviously an exaggeration due to the fact that the bird can not actually claim the sky. The author is showing how the bird can fly whenever it wants because of it being free. She used this hyperbole to make you feel bad for the bird that cannot fly whenever it wants and how it is not able to fly freely. If the bird was free he would be able to be just like this bird. This was used perfectly by Maya Angelou because it appeals to the person’s senses and makes us think about what if the caged bird was actually free. This is how the author used hyperbole in this poem.
Diction is used significantly in I know why the caged bird sings. In this poem she uses words like tune instead of saying song. She says, “But longed for still and his tune is heard on a distant hill.” She did not say song due to her saying later of the caged bird singing for freedom. This is describing the tune of the bird’s voice. She would say tune then to show how the tune sounded like the bird wanted his freedom. She did this to show how the bird sounded rather than what he said. This is how the author used diction throughout her