Similar to "Sympathy", "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" also speaks of hope for freedom. ... In Angelou's "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings", oppression is most dominant in line 26, "But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.... For example, line 1, "I know what the caged bird feels.... In "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings," there is an examination between the caged bird and the free bird. ... Both poems are different because in "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", the author speaks on the experiences of a caged bird and a free bird, while...

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• Grade Level: High School

Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Caged Bird) is based on her life in the early ages. ... She cites the last line of Dunbar's poem "Sympathy", which is "I know why the caged bird sings," for the title of her first autobiography (Bloom 2). ... Myra McMurry states in Role-Playing as Art in Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird" that: "Dunbar's caged bird sings from the frustration of imprisonment; its song is a prayer. Angelou's caged bird sings also from frustration, but in doing so, discovers that the song transforms the cage from a prison that denies selfhood to...

• Word Count: 536
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• Grade Level: High School

Resilience is often displayed in the autobiography by Maya Angelou called, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... This book revolves around the theme "although one may encounter many defeats in life, one must never be defeated" commented by Maya Angelou in the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... Maya realized this when she states, "How was I supposed to blame the innocent man whom I had lurked into making love to me?" ... In conclusion, Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a true example of resilience. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I Know Why Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography of the life of Maya Angelou. ... Throughout I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, the author lives in several towns and cities, all of which effect her differently. ... I think that a book that is similar to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Farewell to Manzanar. ... I also think that I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is just more interesting. ... I would strongly recommend I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings over Farewell to Manzanar any day ...

• Word Count: 1549
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• Grade Level: High School

Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has been deemed one of the most controversial, yet influential autobiographical novels of all time. Although somewhat unappreciated by the general public, this work is held to be a classic work of literature despite its taboo themes and figurative language for its time period. ... Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" has gained a tremendous amount of criticism for its disputable topics concerning Racism and prejudice, The American Dream, and its vulgar textual context. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a story of pride and pr...

• Word Count: 673
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her poem, "Caged Bird," clearly expresses this theme. ... The caged bird represents the black race being held back from freedom by their skin color. ... The caged bird may have little hope of becoming free, but he yearns for freedom nonetheless. ... Her reply was, "How the hell do you know I did escape? You don't know what demons I still wrestle with."" ...

• Word Count: 1024
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• Has Bibliography
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She begins with her early memories but later the events are not in a chronological manner in order to bring unity to her themes. ... She introduced techniques of characterization, theme development, and dialogue and introduces the Maya character to bring out aspects of her story from the perspective of a child. ... She witnessed evil that was generally directed at black women and uses the metaphor of caged bird singing in midst of a struggle to represent confinement as a result of oppression and racism, book contains a sequence of lesson on how to resist oppression. ... Angelou's rape ex...

• Word Count: 649
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her childhood experiences, which included rape at eight years old and a period of muteness, inspired her famous work, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which was written in 1970. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), The Heart of a Woman (1981), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), Gather Together in My Name (1974), and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), which was nominated for the National Book Award. In her massive volumes of poetry are A Brave and Startling Truth (1995), The Comple...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance, her famous poem titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings inspired many women to embrace their talents in writing. ... Angelou's poem titled I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a significant poem that presents her writing style through the unique stylistic details that reflect on themes and action. ... From the review of Angelou's works including the poem I know Why the Caged Bird Sings, it is clear that she followed the most significant rules of writing a poem. ... Angelou relied on black literature theories in writing whereby her poetry complements the search for self-i...

• Word Count: 1524
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout her work, she transforms from the meek and insecure Marguerite Johnson in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, to the self-confident and intelligent Maya Angelou that is reflected in her book of poems, And Still I Rise. ... Maya's first autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, chronicles her tumultuous life from adolescence to the tender age of seventeen, by which time she is pregnant with her illegitimate son. ... McCurry says, "The almost novelistic clarity of Caged Bird results from the artistic tension between Angelou's recollected self and her authorial consciou...

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• Grade Level: High School

That's why Mrs. ... Hale, "Why, it looks as if she didn't know what she was about!" ... The bird cage seems to be a symbol of some sort of violence or anger because when the ladies found the cage in the cupboard the door had been ripped from the hinges (Glaspell 717). ... I know what happened to bird-like Mrs. ... Wright used to sing too but he killed that too. ...

• Word Count: 1057
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• Grade Level: High School

I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of each other. ... (Angelou Caged Bird 153) Maya knew this and made it clear in her writing (http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1). ... The book that she was working on was called "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.... She has made a thoughtful attempt to test the mutual structure of the autobiography by critiquing, and changing the theme to some of her works. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

However, I cannot argue that the first amendment should be reason enough to stop censorship because the underlying moral principles must be considered. ... The Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and To Kill a Mockingbird were among the titles adults found most offensive- (Reaves 26). Throughout my own high school career I had the privilege of reading all three of these controversial books and to restrict others from reading them is an outrage. ... Teenagers are competent enough to comprehend a book's theme, overall meaning, and lesson. ...

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Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. ... (Crum) Why ban certain books but not others? ... Some of these themes include "offensive language, sexually explicit scenes, homosexuality, violence, religious viewpoint, and drugs" (Crum). While some of these themes truly cry, "obscene!... Honestly, those people knew how to do something not many people today know how to do. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Maya Angelou is a prominent contemporary poet that was well-known for poems such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and On the Pulse of Morning. ... Angelou first establishes the main theme by incorporating uses of deep allusions to the bible and also introduces a character that embodies of all mankind. ... Ramsey states the perfect reasoning behind why Angelou is such an active contributor to society when she says "While Maya Angelou's poetry may not have taken us into every nook and cranny of her long and complex life starting with the Lafayette County Training School--its various...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate