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Untitled Slide

I know why the caged bird sings

A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream until the current ends

and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky

but a bird that stalks down his narrow cage
can seldom see through his bars of rage

His wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard

on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom

the free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worm

waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own

but a caged bird stands on the grave of his dreams. His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing

the caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown

but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill

for the caged bird sings of freedom.

By the end of the period

• Read poem
• Answer the question
• write a reflection- How do you feel after reading this poem? Did you like the poem? Can you relate to the poem? explain your answers.