Sonny's Blues

How is the metaphor of the caged bird in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem relevant to sonny's blue

How is the metaphor of the caged bird in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem relevant to sonny's blue

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In "Caged Bird," poet Maya Angelou describes a bird with clipped wings. Its feet have been tied, and it has been placed in a cage that prevents it from flying away. Despite its fear, the caged bird continues to sing of freedom. Angelou describes the joy that a free bird takes in soaring through the sky. Angelou then describes a bird that has been caged, its feet tied and wings clipped. The caged bird rails against its imprisonment. In spite of its fear, it sings of freedom.