Question

I know why the caged bird sings analysis

Answer 1

Angelou uses the metaphor of a bird struggling to escape its cage, described in Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem, as a prominent symbol throughout her series of autobiographies. Like elements within a prison narrative, the caged bird represents Angelou's confinement resulting from racism and oppression.


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Answer 2

POEM ANALYSIS

Personification

The poem emphasizes and personifies several items. Something non-living and abstract thing has been presented in such a way such that we think of it as living .

Alliteration

There has been instances of alliteration of repetition of consonants .

Hyperbole

The hyperbole is a figure of speech referring to exaggeration .

Metaphor

It is a comparison of things .

Rhyme

There had been few rhyming words too :

"trill" still is the best example here .

These were the figures of speech used.