i know why the caged bird sings

1-Angelou contrasts fear with discrimination.

2-Angelou contrasts being caged with being poor.

3-Angelou equates using one’s voice with freedom.

4-Angelou equates facing the unknown with happiness.

Read the passage from “The Caged Bird.”

The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.