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the 'first bird sings and the first bud opens' is symbolic of

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When you hear the words "I know why the caged bird sings," there's no doubt you think first of our author, Maya Angelou. But guess what, Shmoopers? It ain't original! The words were actually first written by one of the first nationally acclaimed African American poets, Paul Laurence Dunbar, in his poem, "Sympathy."

I know what the caged bird feels, alas!

When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;

When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,

And the river flows like a stream of glass;

When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,

And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—

I know what the caged bird feels!

I know why the caged bird beats his wing

Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;

For he must fly back to his perch and cling

When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;

And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars

And they pulse again with a keener sting—

I know why he beats his wing!

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,

When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—

When he beats his bars and he would be free;

It is not a carol of joy or glee,

But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,

But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—

I know why the caged bird sings!

Here's our quick Shmoop translation. A (clearly not-so-happy) bird is throwing itself against the bars of its cage. It struggles so much that it begins to bleed and needs to stop, but once its wounds are healed, it tries again. It's a persistent little guy. And in the final stanza, this tough nugget sings a prayer, wishing to be free.

It's not hard to extrapolate that when Angelou adopts Dunbar's phrase, she's calling her young self a caged bird. So what's her cage? What keeps her from freedom? Here's our list:

Racism

Sexism

Insecurity

Poverty

Abuse

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Explanation:A (clearly not-so-happy) bird is throwing itself against the bars of its cage. It struggles so much that it begins to bleed and needs to stop, but once its wounds are healed, it tries again. It's a persistent little guy. And in the final stanza, this tough nugget sings a prayer, wishing to be free.

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