Rhetorical Analysis Essay On The Cagedbird

The author is using imagery to portray his attitude towards justice. Such as when he says “When he beats his bars and he would be free.” This is saying the caged bird is beating his bars so he would be free which means, by imagery, that the bird is getting injustice to be able to be free. Also the way the author may look at injustice in this is a caged bird will never really receive justice. More evidence to show the way the author uses imagery to portray his attitude towards injustice is when in the poem it is stated that “for he must fly back to his perch and cling.” The author is is showing that with injustice the bird now feels defeated; Therefore the bird is going back to his perch. Also it shows that injustice towards the caged bird is making it feel tamed.
Such as when in the poem “I know what the caged bird feels.” is stated. This shows that author has felt similar to what the caged bird has felt in relation to injustice. This also may mean that the author now knows what the caged bird feels, and has felt that same feeling before. More evidence to show the author’s portrayal of injustice by using diction is when this is in the poem “ When he fain would be bough a-swing; and pain still throbs in his old, old scars.” This is talking about the experiences of the the caged bird had been through and the author had been through, in relation to the injustice they have felt in the past, and/or in the present. This may also mean that even though the caged bird has been through injustice it is still being relentless. So the author uses the caged bird throughout the poem to represent himself and the injustices he has felt throughout his life and is talking about how relentless the author is towards the injustices he