Question

Why does the poet compare a soldier to a caged bird

Answer 1

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☢️The poet Maya Angelou is comparing racism faced by Afro Americans in early 1960 by contrasting caged bird as Afro Americans and free birds as White Americans .The caged bird symbolises struggle of Afro Americans for their fight for freedom.

Answer 2

Answer:

Caged Bird, is a metaphor used here to compare the soldier.  

Explanation:

It signifies the description of the poem about the African American population who got troubled by the whites in their native land. The cage means the area which has native Americans, but due to their dominance over it, the residents lost command over it.  

Due to the bondage, the caged bird sings the songs of freedom, assuming that someday it will get to fly liberally, which is compared to the feelings of the soldiers to travel to their land without any dominance of whites.