I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Poem Analysis

Freedom has been a monumental treasure and withal the universal identity of the American people. A huge crowd rose in defiance to the British government following their thirst of freedom. A huge crowd of immigrants migrated from their beloved homeland to America because of the freedom which it has always promised. Freedom is an organ of each American citizen that without its presence, their bodies would have been deteriorated. In an abstract view, freedom flows along every city and land within the United States, and it is reflected by any sort of art. Regarding some of the artworks that reflect freedom, Sympathy by Dunbar and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou are two typical examples. The poem Sympathy was written by the African

Although Dunbar and Maya Angelou made their works vivid with the melancholy sense, the feeling of hope and peacefulness, the poem Sympathy appears to be more solemn and promising than that of Angelou. Concerning the solemnity of Sympathy, the last stanza of the poem made the connection to God on Heaven, and the promising tone of the poem is easily identified through the promise of escaping the infernal prison. The bird in the cage now solicit for rescue from its Father on Heaven, optimistically hoping that God will use His power to slacken the poor bird of the chain and release Him at last. Through this stanza, Dunbar hoped that the African Americans would have an utter liberty and equality as the White Americans in the near future. In contrast, Maya Angelou ended the poem with a sound which reflect somewhat a relinquishment to the rough reality. The bird now is “on the distant hill” where no one can reach to his lament and save him. The author hereby indicates that the poor little being would never see the glorious moment of loosely flying around in the cool atmosphere with breezes again. Though, he will never stop desiring for freedom. Through her way of ending the poem, Maya Angelou tacitly accepted to adjust with the unjust actuality, yet she would never give up her dream of an ideal country where its citizen always uphold the