Sympathy And Why The Caged Bird Sings Comparison

The poems “Sympathy” and “Why the Caged Bird Sings” are similar because they both talk about a caged bird who can not be free, even in his mind. They both talk about how hurt and frustrated the bird is. Both the authors know how the caged bird feels, but expresses it in such different but similar ways. They both talk about how the singing of the birds, but the singing is not with happiness, although it sounds like it. The singing of the birds is rage, even if it sounds very sweet. Both poetry's discuss how he is trapped in bars, and can only use imagination to see his way out.

Why “Sympathy” inspires Maya Angelous writing

Sympathy inspired Maya because she could have possibly felt the way this bird feels and wanted to write about it also.
She possibly could have felt a connection with John Dunbar’s writing, such as the language he used and the detail of the caged bird. It may have inspired her in different ways such as the concrete description he gave in each line. It brought a lot of life to the writing. This would have inspired her because she would have thought it was such great writing and she would have wanted to do something similar, which she did.