What Does The Caged Bird Symbolize

Instinctively, every human craves for freedom. Dunbar yearned for his freedom by expressing his feeling as Caged bird feels. Dunbar’s Caged Bird is peeking outside his cage and see a beautiful landscape with the sun shining bright. While Angelou’s Caged bird is so angry, she represented her poem with Caged bird singing with fearful trill. They both continue the poem by stating they knows the way the Caged bird feels.

The Caged bird by Dunbar tone is frustrate and forceful at the same time as the bird is throwing itself against the bar of its cage, the bird struggle too much then it begin to bleed and it have to stop, but once its wounds are healed, it tried again. Dunar’s Caged bird is having ‘’old, old scar’’ which mentioned that the bird has done this many time before. Dunbar’s state shown that he knows why the bird act this way and even suggests that he act this way. while Angelou’s bird wings are clipped and its feet are tired so it can’t barely move. Angelou’s bird is hoping to fly freely around like the other bird. Dunbar identifies himself as a Caged bird, according to his life as a former slaves. He …show more content…
Although Dunbar’s Caged bird served cultural significance by expressing how the bird feel inside the cage, wishing they could get out and enjoy the ‘’springing grass’’. But even knowing their fate they still trying. Dunbar’s bird’s expressed why the caged bird still sing while it is being put through so much pain. ‘’Till its blood red on the cruel bar...’’ (line 9) can get a reader to a sense that the tone is sympathetic as the author were given an imagery, which convey the author’s tone. ‘’But the caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shout on a nightmare scream..’’ (line 27-28). Angelou’s bird is represented her difficult childhood that she had strong faith, she never give up finding her freedom and her property just like the caged bird keep