Reading Assigment: Maya Angelou's Poem - Caged Bird Poem - Text and Comprehension Questions
- Due No due date
- Points 12
- Questions 6
- Time Limit None
Instructions
Poem: Maya Angelou's "Caged Bird"
Instructions
- Read the poem to yourself. Then read it out loud or to another person. A poem needs to be heard, not just read in silence. (Vocabulary words are to the right)
- Listen to the audio recording
- Answer the comprehension questions
Caged Bird
By Maya Angelou
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
Leap - to jump with powerful force
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
stalk - to walk with purpose
seldom - not often, infrequently
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
trill - a high pitched whistle
long for - to really want something
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
tune - song
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own
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But a caged bird stands on 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.
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The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
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and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
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