Question

What is the mood of the poem?

Answer 1

Answer: compassionate

Explanation:

A. compassionate - correct because calm, sincere, emotional, talks about shared feelings with bird, right on Edmentum

B. melancholic - incorrect because it is more focused on the feelings shard with the bird than how sad these feelings and situations are

C. regretful - it isn't really talking about the past or mistakes or choices and how sad they were

D. alarmed​ - it's pretty calm

Answer 2

Answer:

A. compassionate.

Explanation:

The author seems to know how the caged bird really feels and understands its struggle. He seems to show compassion for the caged animal through the way he tells of how it lives. Not only that, but the poem itself is titled 'Sympathy', which is kind of a synonym for 'compassionate'.