<p>Mrs. Nelson 9th grade literature Name______Sympathy By Paul Laurence Dunbar</p><p>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 know what the caged bird feels!</p><p>I know why the caged bird beats his 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; And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars And they pulse again with a keener sting — I know why he beats his wing!</p><p>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!</p><p>1. Name an instance of personification in the poem.The bird has feeling and is sad, lonely, depressed.</p><p>2.What do you think the cage symbolizes?</p><p>It may represent slavery or discrimination and it hinders the bird, the same way discrimination hinders black people</p><p>3.What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?</p><p>ABAABCC DEDDEDD FGFFGHH</p><p>4.What is the overall metaphor in the poem? What is he comparing with the caged bird?</p><p>Metaphor for the black man or black people-they are all caged, kept from the things they want, prevented from true freedom</p><p>5.Give me at least 1 example of alliteration.When the wind stirs, soft through springing grass; he beats his bars and he would be free; sends from his heart's</p><p>6.Is this lyric or narrative? Free form or fixed form?lyric and fixed form</p><p>7.What is the tone of this poem?sympathetic, feels, beats, fain know</p><p>8.Give me an example of a simile from the poem.and the river flows like a stream of glass Mrs. Nelson 9th grade literature Name______</p>