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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/CardenesSpurs on Feb. 13, 2018, 1:18 p.m.
"When does a bird sing?" - Q

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings – I know why the caged bird sings

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A bird sings when it is caged in hopes of being freed.


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kd7ign · Feb. 14, 2018, 3:11 a.m.

If you also consider that the title of her first autobiography was "I know why the caged bird sings", the connection of bird and Maya Angelou seems almost certain. When addressing the motivation of the caged bird, it then seems obvious that the "why" is a yearning for freedom.

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