Question

Answer the following questions with reference to contextBut a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. i) What does the word ‘clipped’ mean in this poem? ii) Why does the caged bird sing? iii) According to the poem, how can the free bird be best described? iv) What is meant by “free bird thinks of another breeze’? v) What does the use of the word ’but’ in the beginning suggest?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Or, What does “seldom see through his bars of rage” signify? The caged bird can “seldom see through his bars of rage”. Literally speaking, the bird's cage is so tight with bars used frequently that he can hardly view the outside of the cage and hence he is angry.