Question

If another stanza were added to “The Caged Bird,” which excerpt could best be used to continue the extended metaphor? The free bird sings with a joyous song of the captive life that kept it safe all along The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things it craves outside the sill The free bird sings with a fearful trill of things it craves outside the sill The caged bird sings with a joyous song of the captive life that kept it safe all along

Answer 1

Answer:

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things it craves outside the sill

Explanation:

If another stanza were added to “The Caged Bird,” the excerpt that could best be used to continue the extended metaphor is The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things it craves outside the sill.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography portraying the early years of American writer and poet called Maya Angelou. The first comprises a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that described how strength of character and a love of literature can help conquer occurrence such as racism and trauma. The book commenced when Maya who was then three-year-old and her older brother are sent to Stamps, Arkansas, to reside with their grandmother and came to an end when Maya was a mother at the age of sixteen. In the course of Caged Bird, Maya metamorphose from a victim of racism with an inferiority complex into a self-possessed, dignified young woman capable and effectively responds to prejudice.