The correct answer is option B.
The author of the poem, Paul Laurence Dunbar, was an African American poet. In "Sympathy" Dunbar expresses that he knows "how caged birds feel", meaning that he understands how an animal feels in a cage because the society he lives in makes his life miserable and oppressive. The poem represents the lack of freedom in American society at that time.
Answer: C
Explanation: Substandard means below standards.
It does not justify his crime because someone else will most likely be blamed for what he did and he needs to be punished.
It's a symbolic sign in Christianity. It represents the place where Jesus Christ was hanged.
