Why is the poem titled 'Sympathy'?
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Well, Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy" is a poem that describes the terrible experience of being a bird stuck in a cage. The bird in this poem flaps its wings and sings, but not because it's happy. It flaps its wings and sings because it's, well, miserable.
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This poem has a simple title: "Sympathy." On one level, this title indicates the "sympathy" that the speaker feels for the caged bird. He identifies with this bird and he feels its suffering. In this sense, the poem's title can be understood to reflect the speaker's own identification with the bird.
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