What Does The Poem I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Mean
The Caged bird in”The long Walk Home”
In the poem “I know why the caged bird sings,”by Maya Angelou, is about when she lived during the civil rights movement.She uses this poem as a metaphor to relate it to people who had less freedom at her time.Her poem talks about how African Americans had no freedom and couldn't have that many opportunities as whites did.She refers the caged bird to to African Americans because the caged bird couldn't fly around like a free bird.Such as how African Americans couldn't do much like they couldn't ride the bus, they couldn't have good jobs they had to live in poor neighborhoods that were very corrupted.And whites could go wherever they want without being judged or kicked out of places,they had great jobs and great neighborhoods that were quiet and very high class.
In the poem “I know why the caged bird sings,”by Maya Angelou, is about when she lived during the civil rights movement.She uses this poem as a metaphor to relate it to people who had less freedom at her time.Her poem talks about how African Americans had no freedom and couldn't have that many opportunities as whites did.She refers the caged bird to to African Americans because the caged bird couldn't fly around like a free bird.Such as how African Americans couldn't do much like they couldn't ride the bus, they couldn't have good jobs they had to live in poor neighborhoods that were very corrupted.And whites could go wherever they want without being judged or kicked out of places,they had great jobs and great neighborhoods that were quiet and very high class.