ODE:

• LONG LYRIC POEM ABOUT A SERIOUS SUBJECT THAT IS WRITTEN IN A DIGNIFIED STYLE.
• Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
• Presentation by Karley, Tyler and Cassie
• Aka the Blonde Crew

A free bird leaps/ on the back of the wind/ and floats downstream/ till 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/ in the distant hill/ for the caged bird/ sings for freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze/ and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees/ and the fate worms waiting on the dawn of bright lawn/ and he names the sky his own.

But the caged bird stands in the grave of 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 for freedom.

ALLITERATION

• A repetition of consonant sounds
• Blue birds bellow blues.

FIGURE OF SPEECH

• Simile: using like or as
• A caged bird is like a prisoner

STRESSED/ UNSTRESSED

• Syllables are arranged in a regular pattern.
• The caged bird sings
• Allusion: reference to a statement, a person, a place
• "Don't act like a Romeo in front of her."
• " Romeo and Juliet"