Question

What kind of a contrast does the poet create in the first stanza through the images
of nature?(sympathy)​

Answer 1

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The speaker of this poem starts us off by telling us that he knows what the "caged bird" feels. Considering that this is a caged bird—as in, it can't fly off and hop from one branch to another—it's a safe bet that this isn't a happy birdie (and, well, neither is the speaker).

The second line gives us a picture of a beautiful landscape: the sun's shining "bright" on slopes and hills. The thing is, our little birdie presumably doesn't have access to this beautiful landscape, since, you 

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Answer 2

Answer:

the poem is sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The first stanza of the poem creates a visual imagery in the mind of the reader. It shows what the bird is missing out on as it is caged.