Caged Bird: Analysis Statement

Dedrick Conway
2 min readFeb 12, 2021

“Cage Bird” by Maya Angelou is a story depicting two different perspectives of two different birds. The first bird has a life of freedom whereas the second bird is caged and mistreated by an unspecified tyrant. In “Cage Bird” Angelou creates a powerful distinction that shows the historical context of racial discrimination, segregation, and inequality during the 1950s and 1960s and fought for the integration of all people. The poem is…

Dedrick Conway

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