Poems can be the same ,but could have slight differences that change perspective ad the way you feel about the poem. In the poems “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar are two poems about a bird trapped in a cage but each is told differently with a different perspective. These two story also are very like in a way that you feel the same way or can relate to both of these stories in the same way. These poems leave a message in your head , but one is more meaningful compared to the other. One tells of someone realizing why the caged bird fights to be freed while the other tells the story of a caged bird as a narrator. I believe the most meaningful poem is Sympathy because I feel there is more emotion in this poem like in the first line is say””. This shows that no matter what this bird will fight to be free no matter how strong the bars are he must try and try to become free. No matter how big his scars and cuts re he still fights to be free and never gives into the likes of becoming pessimistic or hopeless. While in the other poem, the …show more content…
In line it says “” This shows that the bird sings not of joy, but of sorrow ,of sadness, a cry for help, while being stuck in his cage. He prays to be free and to not be enslaved in his cage where he must stay till he dies yet he prays to be free out in the wild, free of restraint and boredom. While in the other poem it says on line “” . This shows that this bird sings with fear that he will be stuck forever in his cage but doesn't beat against the cage. He just sings with sadness and not sing because he is worn out because he is stuck and simply has no way of trying to get out. This shows that the one in the poem sympathy is fighting with all his might, then sings while the other bird’s wings are clipped so and his feet are tied so all he can do is sing for someone to help
Psychologists have suggested the idea that correlation does not imply causation. In The Birds, viewers find themselves unable to identify the purpose or the cause for the birds’ attacks. Hitchcock does not want us to know the answers either, since Hitchcock marvels at his ability to make viewers question his films and struggle at truly enjoying without fully understanding them. Although this essay cannot find a cause for the attacks in the town or to the characters that seem to be innocent like the children and the old man in the farm, it should shed some light on the correlation between the timing of the attacks near the Brenner family and Melanie and their internal struggle. The symbolism of the caged birds versus the free birds, the Jocasta complex Lydia struggles with, and the imagery of the light versus darkness when the birds attack represent the journey Mitch and Melanie face in trying to be together.
Poems may or may not have similar themes. They may talk about life, death, beliefs, or disasters. Take a look at poems by Poe, Hushes, and Morrison and you will see a wide array of topics.
The poems that are similar are “Sympathy” and “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” because they are both talking about cage bird sings. I think sympathy inspired Maya Angelou's to write the poem because he and his parents were slaves. One of his poems is longer than the other poem. I think his poems are good to read they inspire you to read more. Maya Angelou is writing about him being in a cell and not having freedom. He is saying in his poem that he bleeds trying to get out of the cell he is locked up in. Some examples are that the two poems are talking about that the birds are singing. That the two bids in the poems are trying to get out of a cage. One of the poems is written from Maya Angelou and the other poem is written from John Dunbar.
“The fight that is life” is the common theme represented in all three of the following poems, “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas, “I know why the caged bird sings” by Maya Angelou and “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley. This essay will analyze these three poems in detail to find similarities and differences between them. The three aforementioned poems seem to have more differences than similarities between them. Such as in “I know why the caged bird sings,” which is about a bird that longs for a better life, whereas in “Invictus” which brings forth the idea of the author being “the master of his fate.” The poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” is about never giving up on living; the poem “Invictus” is about giving life his best shot. In “Do not go gentle into that good night” the main idea is living the best life that he could; in “I know why the caged bird sings” the main idea is the longing to live a better life. In the poem “I know why the caged bird sings” the author uses birds as the characters; both “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “Invictus” depict the characters as humans. All of these poems differ in certain ways, but they share similar underlying elements such as never give up and try to do the most in life with what is already there. These poems are separated by period, structure, and condition, but they all share prominent similarities as well as communicate the common idea of “the fight that is life.” My favorite
The three poems have numerous differences and similarities. To begin with, the poems are similar in the fact that they have themes that focus on providing the readers with information on the significance of poetry. In the poem Introduction to poetry,
The way sympathy inspired Maya Angelou’s is because maybe she had the same problems and she felt the same as a bird trapped against it’s freedom. And it they both say it in their poems and how they use different types of personification to show their same problems.
After reading the poem sympathy I know the caged bird represents slavery because the author feels related he has been captured and cant leave from being a slave. He knows this because he wrote this poem around the same time slavery was going on. When he was a kid his parents were slaves. In the poem he is always going back to the fact of the caged bird not being able to leave and how it obtained cementation in the cage this is why I assume the caged bird represents slavery.
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “ Sympathy” are similar because there comparing a bird to emotional life stories. They are showing their emotion through a caged bird that's trapped which is someones life. “ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was inspired by “ Sympathy” they aren't the same but they are similar, they both are explaining why the birds only hope left is to sing. The bird in both stories tells his life in a cage and in freedom or dreaming of freedom. The bird is afraid to claim something because of his life. In both poems there are two phrases that i think are similar “ his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream “ and “ It is not a carol of joy or glee”. I think they are talking about how the birds sing, it's like a nightmare
The poems “Sympathy” and the poem “ I know why the caged bird sings” are similar because they both talk about being the poem is talking about the bird being trapped. They talk about this in the poems because a person in slavery probably feels like a bird in a cage. And being told you had to go work for someone you didn’t know without pay or a good place to stay you would be upset . The poem “Sympathy” inspired Maya Angelou’s writing because she knows what it looks like she was the granddaughter of a slave. She probably heard stories that her grandma told her. She knows it was a bad thing and that the feeling of a bird in a cage is like being free.
Although these poems may seem much different, they all can be related. The relationship of these poems is that they are all dealing with some aspect of a person’s life. This can be very obvious in most of the poems, but for a few of them it requires a harder look at the meaning behind what the author has written. Whether it is directly about a human being’s life, or it is interpreted as an aspect of one’s life, these poems all describe a different kind of struggle, or beauty to life.
Similarly, both poems "Sympathy" and "Caged Bird" examine related themes about dedication through the captured bird’s continuous persistence and use of his helpless song despite previous efforts. Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Sympathy” focuses on an enclosed bird’s constant fighting against numerous physical limitations from deserved opportunities, emphasizing his hopeless shouting for liberty. In contrast, Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird” explicitly discusses a trapped bird’s efforts to overcome various boundaries using his underestimated song and constant perseverance. While both poems “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird” share a comparable theme about African American's battle for deserved advantages
The poems ‘’Sympathy’’ and ‘’I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’’ are similar because they are both talking about being set free and escaping. There is also no happiness in either of them and they are not giving up hope to be free.They are also talking about being able to go up to the sky and fly and claiming the sky as their own. They are not afraid to do anything because they are trying to be free and they won’t stop till they are free but they are both struggling to accomplish to set themselves free. They are also similar because they are both singing they sing as if they were free they are also similar because they are hurt and they are angry of not being able to be free. Another reason they are similar is because they both talk about the
One should never give up when faced with difficulties. When faced with a challenge, the way one reacts shows strength or weaknesses, and can close or open doors for them. In all 5 texts the author shows some way that the character either gives up or faces their challenge. When one works hard they are rewarded, but when one gives up when faced with a challenge they are punished.
Both poems utilize structure to emphasize oppression and segregation. Both poems exhibit a free-verse structure. This means that the poet doesn’t use a specific rhyme scheme or any sort of pattern,
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