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I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals— I…
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals— I know what the caged bird feels! I know why the caged bird beats its wing Till its blood is red on the cruel bars; For he must fly back to his perch and cling When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
I know why the caged bird sings! The final stanza of ‘Sympathy’ introduces the caged bird’s song. Trapped behind bars that cannot be torn down and isolated from a world they earnestly wish to join, all they can do is sing.
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, – When he beats his bars and he would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings – I know why the caged bird sings!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore --- When he beats his bars and he would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s 20 deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flin gs --- I know why the caged bird sings! (1893) . USE SEPARATE PAPER . 1.
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,— When he beats his bars and he would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings— I know why the caged bird sings!
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) Sympathy. I KNOW what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals —