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 subject (be it a bird or something/ someone else, is caged and enslaved with no chance except to sing out in a sad sort of false happiness to cover the true misery of its hopeless situation.

(this is my interpretation; how I would answer this).

Explanation:

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the correct answer is the last option

hope this

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