Sympathy: Denotation/Connotation

Nevertheless, in the poem ‘Nesting time’, Stewart interprets a personal experience in first person of the appearance of a bird that lands upon his daughter and forgets the thought of the harsh world. Stewart’s descriptive language repeatedly explains the poem as if seen in his viewpoint, beginning with an interjection, ‘oh’ communicating of his incredulity of an ‘absurd’ bird. Symbolizing the bird with strong coloured imagery its ‘mossy green, sunlit’, described to be bright and joyful, with sweetness shown with the type of bird, ‘honey-eater’, Douglas Stewart takes the time to describe its admiration juxtaposed to the dangerous world surrounding it. While visualizing the birds actions, ‘pick-pick-pick’ of alliteration and repetition of its

The title of the poem, “Sympathy”, represents the feeling that the speaker has toward a bird enclosed in a cage. The speaker relates to the bird by repeating the words “I know” and following them with an action of the bird, revealing that he has also

The first element our writers used to express their message of wanting to be free is form. The narrator for ‘The Caged Bird” feels alone and wishes to be able to snatch the chains that keep her tied down. Also, in the poem “Sympathy” by Dunbar as well an in “The Caged Bird” both authors used a bird to symbolize the captivity and aspiration for freedom. Both poets wrote their piece in lyric form because of obvious reasons. A lyric poem is defined as a poem that expresses personal and emotional feelings. Writing poems with this form shows the amount of deep emotion that the narrator feels toward this work. In addition, both authors wrote their poems in iambic pentameter to make the poem sound like a natural flow of speech to really show the deep feelings the poets are feeling.

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” depicts two birds which are used as metaphors to express the state in which the two classes of people live. In one description the poem describes the standard of living of a bird of privilege which alludes to the lives of whites. Then it describes caged birds whom of which are crying out for freedom, and are meant to represent African Americans during this time. It describes the feeling of being trapped and calling out for

The poem “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar is well known for its little caged bird. The articulation of this poem derives from such aspects as the use of rhetorical devices such as imagery and repetition, and overall meaning of the piece being strengthened by such written aspects. There are some freedoms that must not be restricted such as freedoms to (feel,...)

The structure of the poem is a great way to emphasize this metaphor. The poem wants people to know that there is always a reason to be hopeful. The deeper meaning of "Sympathy" is that everyone is being held back and want to be free, this is developed through the use of figurative language, structure and theme development. The whole poem is a metaphor where the birds are people and the cage is the object keeping them back.

“Sympathy” In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” he chose the image of a caged bird to represent his true feelings and emotions towards slavery. Many people question why he chose a caged bird to symbolize a slave for many reasons. Birds were the complete opposite of slaves, birds were free and seemed to always be full of joy. Whereas slaves were caged and mistreated by their owners. The comparison between the two gives the reader a sense of irony.

I think sympathy is the way someone feels or how someone reacts to whatever. I think that is sympathy because he is saying that he knows what it feels like to be caged and he knows why the bird sings. He understands what feels like to be caged so he feels that he connects with the bird.

Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote the poem, “Sympathy,” expressing how he relates to the caged bird’s condition. While it appears impossible to have any relation to a caged bird, the poetic device metaphor assists with understanding the connection between the two, and if the connection is real.

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

The poem “Sympathy”, is about the life of a black man that is living in the 1800’s. “Sympathy” is written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The poem is about a bird that longs to escape from his cage but relates to the man of how he wants to escape slavery. The theme of wanting to be free takes over the whole poem. Throughout the whole poem the author uses metaphors to relate his situation to the bird situation by comparing the struggles the bird and the man both relate to.

In the fifth stanza, Angelou talks about the shattered hopes and dreams of the caged bird. She writes: But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The poem “Sympathy” means they want to be free. It is talking about slaves, but it is relative to today. Today many people want to be free from different things. For example addiction to alcohol or any type of drugs. They want to stop (be free) but they, can’t because they are addicted.

The mood of “Caged Bird” changes drastically from stanza to stanza. Angelou’s specific diction choices help to reflect the change from being positive to negative with some elements of hope involved. The parts of the poem involving the free bird provide the reader with a feeling of self government.In contrast, the mood associated with the caged bird is confinment. Despite the negative mood tied to the caged bird there are still elements of hope woven into these stanzas.

In the last stanza, the caged bird’s song symbolises the emotions and cries of freedom. The combination of the two represents that there is a need for every child to reach their full potential. Something that cannot be achieved with helicopter parenting and the barriers placed upon them.