Read the excerpt from “the caged bird.”
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.
what is the figurative meaning of the excerpt?

The "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou describes a bird that first is free and is able to fly everywhere but then he is captured, and his wings are clipped, then he is trapped in cage to prevent him from flying away, however, the bird still sing about freedom, nevertheless, the figurative meaning of this excerpt is that the hope of the bird has being destroyed.

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.

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