Question

Why did Maya Angelou wrote the poem"The Caged Birds?"

Answer 1

Published in 1983, “I know why the caged bird sings” is a poem written by Maya Angelou. ... However, the caged bird is trapped by the “bars of rage” – it has no other way to express itself but to sing “with a fearful trill”. It “sings of freedom” which can be heard “on the distant hill”.