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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma .
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first of seven autobiographical works by Maya Angelou, published in 1969. The book chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16, recounting a traumatic childhood that included rape and racism. It is one of the most widely read and taught books by an African American woman.
A poem about the contrast between a free bird and a caged bird, and their longing for freedom. The poem is inspired by the title of Maya Angelou's autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
I know why the caged bird sings. A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
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Learn about Maya Angelou's autobiographical memoir of growing up as a Black girl in the segregated South. Find plot summary, character analysis, quotes, and study tools for this classic work of Black American literature.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings é uma autobiografia que descreve a juventude e os primeiros anos da escritora e poetisa americana Maya Angelou. Lançado em 1969, este é o primeiro de uma série de sete volumes, no qual conta a história de amadurecimento em relação a força de caráter e o amor pela literatura, assim como, isso ...
