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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou.The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma.
The song's lyrics centre on the metaphor of the bird of dawning or morning that initiates a lament. As the song progresses, it appeals to the caged bird to sing and break free, [6] symbolising the termination of a period of oppression ("night") and the commencement of liberation ("day"). [7]
The song was most recently (2019) used in episode 1 of George Clooney's re-tooling of Catch 22 as a miniseries for Hulu, the U.S.-based subscription video on demand service. The Nat King Cole's version of the song was quoted by Maya Angelou in her bestseller I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an American television film based on the autobiography of the same name by Maya Angelou, first aired April 28, 1979, on CBS. Angelou and Leonora Thuna wrote the screenplay, and the movie was directed by Fielder Cook. Constance Good played the young Maya Angelou.
The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings is a commercial mixtape by American rapper Gucci Mane. [1] The project serves as a sequel to his sixth album The State vs. Radric Davis (2009). It was released on December 25, 2013, by 1017 Records and 101 Distribution.
The first in a six-volume series, Caged Bird is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma. The book begins when three-year-old Maya and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas , to live with their grandmother and ends when Maya becomes a mother at the age ...
The song is about a pregnant woman In this theory the "kagome" is a pregnant woman. Someone pushes her down a flight of stairs ("tsuru to kame ga subetta") and she miscarries, and wonders who killed her child ("ushiro no shoumen daare"). The song is about a convict to be executed The "kagome" is a prison cell, and the bird is its prisoner.
Many of the songs she wrote during that period later found their way to her later poetry collections. She eventually gave up performing for a writing career. Despite considering herself a poet and playwright, she wrote Caged Bird in 1969, which brought her international recognition and acclaim. Many of her readers consider her a poet first and ...