Sympathy
BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice steals—
I know what the caged bird feels!

I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener sting—
I know why he beats his wing!

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—
When he beats his bars and he 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!

PART A: Which of the following identifies the central theme of the poem?

A) Freedom can be achieved as long as you fight hard enough for it.

B) No one can live a full or happy life if they are denied freedom.

C)Birds specifically cannot be denied freedom due to their need to fly.

D)With enough time, any person will lose the pull they feel towards freedom.

PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A) “I know what the caged bird feels, alas! / When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;” ( Lines 1-2)

B)“When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, / And the faint perfume from its chalice steals” ( Lines 5-6)

C)“I know why the caged bird beats his wing / Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;” ( Lines 8-9)

D)“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 — ” ( Lines 18-20)



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Answer 1

Answer:

PART A: B). No one can live a full or happy life if they are denied freedom.

PART B: A). “I know what the caged bird feels, alas! / When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;” ( Lines 1-2)

Explanation:

The central idea that Paul wishes to convey through this poem is that 'no individual can live a contented and joyous life when they are denied their due liberty.' The poet sympathizes with the caged birds as he could feel their pain of inability to live their life independently and express their emotions or feelings. Thus, option B is the correct answer.

The quotation 'I Know...slopes' supports the above idea as it reflects that how the caged birds feel when they could see the bright sun rising above the slopes which reinforces the idea of significance of freedom in one's life and the reluctance to live when they are neglected liberty as it not only snatches their ability to live but also their freedom of expression. Thus, option A is the correct answer.


Related Questions

Write a sentence correctly using one of the words which you formed for the root:
dic, dict

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Answer:

The poet used exaggerated diction in order to express his feelings.

Explanation:

SMARTPHONES PUT YOUR PRIVACY AT RISK The sensors on smartphones... A. Can easily be turned off. B. Take in a bunch of information about you. C. Only collect essential information about you. D. Can present serious health risks.

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Answer:

B

Explanation:

because if they put your privacy at risk theres only one logcial answer that goes with the question and if you watch the news they watch and track everything you do.

Smartphones put your privacy at risk because B. Take in a bunch of information about you.

How is privacy affected?

Smartphones are equipped with various sensors, such as cameras, microphones, GPS, accelerometers, and gyroscopes, among others. These sensors allow smartphones to gather a significant amount of information about their users. For example, they can collect data about your location, contacts, browsing habits, app usage, and even biometric information like fingerprints or facial recognition data, depending on the capabilities of the device.

It's important to note that while smartphones do collect a substantial amount of information, the extent of data collection varies depending on the device, operating system, and the apps installed. Users can take certain measures to manage their privacy, such as reviewing app permissions, adjusting privacy settings, and being cautious about the apps they install.

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Question 5 .
What is the best way to correct the problem of capitalization in this sentence?
A. use a lowercase b in Broadway
B. use a capital T in town
C. use a capital S in shakespearean
D. use a lowercase w in Wish

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Answer:

C. use a capital S in "shakespearean"

Explanation:

This is the answer to my understanding because its a name based word.

Which two headings provide an opportunity for further research?

[] Deepest Point Surveyed
[] Rock Formation
[] Elevations
[] Large Lakes
[] National Significance

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Answer:

national significance

Explanation:

it is a broader topic

The definition of _______________ is, “the process by which the working substance in a heat engine is compressed.”

a. ignition
b. combustion
c. compression
d. camshaft

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A is the answer to the problem

What two aspects of the life of Cyclopes makes Odysseus think that they are uncivilized before he interacts with one?

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When he looks at the land of the Cyclops, Odysseus can see that they have wonderful bunches of grapes. Soon he believes they are talented farmers. Agriculture for Odysseus is synonymous with civilization. Also, he realizes that Cyclops live in caves, which are like houses. Having a home is also a sign of civility for Odysseus.

However, Odysseus does not know that:

Cyclops do not cultivate the land and do not practice agriculture.Caves are inhospitable shelters and not a civilized home.Cyclops live in full barbarism and violence, without considering family and social relationships.

This mistake of Odysseus in relation to the Cyclops, causes him and his men to be violently attacked, causing Odysseus to lose a large part of the crew and feel very guilty for having acted so incorrectly.

With this, we can conclude that we should never make decisions based only on what our eyes see, because appearances deceive.

We must not forget to mention that this question refers to the book "Odyssey" which tells the adventures of Odysseus and his crew, trying to return to their homes in Ithaca.

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Many communities celebrate holidays with parades (2) They are a great way to entertain the people who watch from the
sidelines (3) Some of the parades involve large numbers of people and are put together at great expense (4) The Macy's Day
Parade is held in New York City (5) People from all parts of the country watch it on TV (6) Other parades are spontaneous affairs in
small towns (7) In the US, there are parades for all sorts of holidays (8) High school students decorate floats for their
Homecoming Days
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday" It is the name of a popular festival in New Orleans New Orleans' Mardi Gras tradition
goes back to celebrations by masked student revelers around 1827 Many parades, including Mardi Gras feature floats, which are
moving cars or large displays decorated with fresh flowers or crepe paper by local groups and schools
Choose the sentence that best connects the two paragraphs
A. Earlier, many of the towns celebrated holidays by exchanging gifts
B. In addition, we have parades that celebrate cultural events like Mardi Gras
C.
At last we have parades that celebrate cultural events like Mardi Gras
D
To illustrate, we have parades that celebrate cultural events like Mardi Gras


Please help hurry

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

I say D because B and C are both wrong as they are closing the paragraph. We are left with A and D and A is just talking about exchanging gifts. It doesn't really talk about what the second paragraph is about. I hope this helped:)

How do Gatsby and Nick know each other?

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Nick gets an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties and attends in hopes of meeting his neighbor. Nick does meet Gatsby, and they become friends even though Gatsby has ulterior motives when he enlists Nick to help him become reintroduced to Daisy Buchanan.

Read the excerpt from "The Charge of the Light Brigade."




HALF a league, half a league,


Half a league onward,


All in the valley of Death


Rode the six hundred.


"Forward, the Light Brigade!


Charge for the guns!" he said:


Into the valley of Death


Rode the six hundred.


How does the first stanza best help to structure the poem?


It provides a flashback of the poem’s climax.

It introduces the conflict that is the poem’s focus.

It uses repetition to show there were six hundred men.

It shows that the six hundred men will triumph.

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Answer:

It uses repetition to show there were six hundred men.

Explanation:

Repetition is repeating words, lines, or stanzas and it is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

The first stanza, "HALF a league, half a league" is used to emphasize the fact that there were six hundred men , to develop the idea of the remaining stanzas.

Answer:

C

Explanation:

What did u like best about the book? Why?

What did u least like least about the book? Why?

How do u thing distance learning affected your study of this book?


This is all on the book the outsiders please help ASAP it due in less then 30mins

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Answer: I love the bond of friendship, action, and how there are differences in the book and there is a connection to the book and life. I dont like that both Dally and Johnny died and all of the swearing. I think it made it easier, because you could just go sit on your bed and relax and read the book without interuption.

Explanation:

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Imagine you are a servant in Dr. Heidegger's house. What are your reactions to the people who drank the elixir? What do you think of those people at the very end of the story when they leave the house?

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Answer:

If I were a servant at Dr. Heidegger's house, I would not at all approve with the people who drank the elixir hoping for all that it promised to have come true, for it is not possible. In fact I would be angry at them for having done so. People who left the house towards the end are utter cowards for giving up so easily when there still was a chance to fight for what they had so strongly believed in up to this point.

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Read the excerpt from "Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889" by Robert M. Vogel.

The first complete elevator machine in the United States, constructed in 1855, was a complex and inefficient contrivance built around an oscillating-cylinder steam engine. The advantages of an elevator system independent of the mill drive quickly became apparent, and by 1860 improved steam elevator machines were being produced in some quantity, but almost exclusively for freight service. It is not clear when the first elevator was installed explicitly for passenger service, but it was probably in 1857, when Otis placed one in a store on Broadway at Broome Street in New York.

In the decade following the Civil War, tall buildings had just begun to emerge; and, although the skylines of the world’s great cities were still dominated by church spires, there was increasing activity in the development of elevator apparatus adapted to the transportation of people as well as of merchandise. Operators of hotels and stores gradually became aware of the commercial advantages to be gained by elevating their patrons even one or two floors above the ground, by machinery. The steam engine formed the foundation of the early elevator industry, but as building heights increased it was gradually replaced by hydraulic, and ultimately by electrical, systems.

Which sentence most directly supports the development of the central idea?

The first complete elevator machine in the United States, constructed in 1855, was a complex and inefficient contrivance built around an oscillating-cylinder steam engine.
It is not clear when the first elevator was installed explicitly for passenger service, but it was probably in 1857, when Otis placed one in a store on Broadway at Broome Street in New York.
In the decade following the Civil War, tall buildings had just begun to emerge; and, although the skylines of the world’s great cities were still dominated by church spires, there was increasing activity in the development of elevator apparatus adapted to the transportation of people as well as of merchandise.
Operators of hotels and stores gradually became aware of the commercial advantages to be gained by elevating their patrons even one or two floors above the ground, by machinery.

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Answer:

C). In the decade following the Civil War, tall buildings had just begun to emerge; and, although the skylines of the world's great cities were still dominated by church spires, there was increasing activity in the development of elevator apparatus adapted to the transportation of people as well as of merchandise.

Explanation:

The above sentence most aptly backs the advancement of key idea of 'advent of elevator system in United States and its spread.' The development of 'elevator apparatus adapted to the transportation of people as well as of merchandise' assisted in promoting the hotel operators to 'elevate their patrons for one or two floor above' for commercial gains that led the foundation of early elevator industry that eventually kept on advancing with time. It reflects that how the apparent advantages of elevator system have played a significant role in emergence of tall buildings as well. Thus, option C is the correct answer.

Answer:

C is correct

Explanation:

Read the first two paragraphs of an essay about endangered animals. What is the relationship between the two paragraphs?

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, 30 to 50 percent of all endangered animals may be extinct within the next 30 years. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 works to protect endangered species by making it illegal to capture, harm, or shoot any animal that is endangered. Unfortunately, human activity continues to be one of the leading causes of extinction.

Tigers are on the endangered species list. There were roughly 100,000 tigers around the world in the early 1900s. Now there are fewer than 4,000. With tiger poachers, undocumented tigers in captivity, and tiger products on sale in the black market, the tiger population will continue to decline.

A.
The second paragraph offers a solution for the problem in the first paragraph.
B.
The first paragraph describes the cause, and the second paragraph explores the effect.
C.
The first paragraph provides background information for the second paragraph.
D.
The first and second paragraphs show events happening in sequential order.

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I think is C that what i think:;:::.);:();:):):;;;));)/;-(

Answer:

C.

The first paragraph provides background information for the second paragraph.

TELL ME YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT
FOR ENGLISH!!!!

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Answer:

Well..

Explanation:

My most embarrising moment was when I was supposed to give a speech in from 300+ people in my school. But as soon as I walked up to the podium I forgot EVERYTHING! I just made up my whole speech right there and got an A+. :)

i was talking abt my crush and he was right beside me. he said he literally hated me. i cried.

Which lines from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian support the idea that Junior is insecure about his name?

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Answer:

read the section of how all the classmates made fun of him and he thinks of himself being a magician slicing himself into two

Explanation:

Answer:

HERE IS THE TRUE ANSWER

Explanation:

“They were laughing at my name.”

“I had no idea that Junior was a weird name.”

“. . . so I was being laughed at because I was the only one who had that silly name. And then I felt smaller because the teacher was taking roll and he called out my name. ‘Arnold Spirit,’ the teacher said.”


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What did Galileo Galilei confirm about the sun?


Common Lit Question.

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Answer:

That the Sun is at the center of the solar system, not orbiting around the Earth.

Explanation:

Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer born in 1564, made discoveries about our universe that changed our understanding of our world as we know it.

Upon learning about the spyglass, a new technology at the time, he wanted to use the invention for his astronomy experiments, so he built his own improved model. In 1609, using his early version of the spyglass, Galileo became the first person to record observations of the sky made with the help of a telescope.

After finding a few discoveries about the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus, he managed to create a hypothesis that the planets orbited around the Sun, not around Earth as many people believed at the time. This supported Copernicus, a previous astronomer's guesses many years before.

Looking to support his theory, he turned his gaze towards the Sun. Not knowing that the star would harm his eyesight, he observed that the sun had sunspots, which supported his theory.

After carefully poring over his research, he concluded that the sun, in fact, is at the center of the solar system, not the earth, which at the time was believed to have all the other planets orbit around it.

Galileo passed away on January 8, 1642 from a fever. His work is remembered to this day.

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Select the three word choices that indicate that Susan B. Anthony is using an angry tone.

odious
oligarchy
hateful
democracy
rebellion

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Answer:

1 3 and 2

Explanation:

ANSWER: 1, 3, 5

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Someone took your credit card, maxed it out, and then skipped town. whats the best policy

Auto
Dental
Dissabilty
Fidelity Bond
Heath
Homeowners
Liability
Life
Renters
Unempoyment
vison
Workers comp

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Answer:

XD Funny sinareo But I belive it would be Liability

Explanation:

Do you agree that godfrey gordon gustavus gore qualifies as a nonsense poem? What message does that it conveys?

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Answer:

It is not a nonsense poem.

Explanation:

It is not a nonsense poem because it doesn't employ rhythm and rhyme. A Nonsense poem is humorous and with absurd characters the poem does not have meaningless made up words as a nonsense poem would.

The message of the poem is about the boy who would never do as he is told or what is expected of him. He always left the door open despite all that has been said and done.

This poem is basically about our human nature. People delay and do not give attention to specific things or details till a form of punishment or penance is given to them, then they finally acknowledge the work and start doing it.

What type of evidence does Machiavelli use to support his claim that a prince should have no aim other than war and its rules and discipline?

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Answer:

D) Both logical and anecdotal evidence

Explanation:

Answer:

Can confirm the correct answer is D: both logical and anecdotal evidence

Explanation:

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what's an example of socialism ?

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Answer:

the former soviet union

Explanation:

because socialism

I love you...... change into passive voice​

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Answer:

you are loved by me.

Explanation:

I is the subject, you object, interchange.

Explanation:

you are loved by me ......

.......

ANSWER MY RIDDLE:
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

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Answer:

A map

Explanation:

Answer:

a map?

Explanation:

a map have cites but no houses mountain names  and no tress it shows water but not the fish

Write a sentence with all three types of verbs

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say something like "The car crashed into a tree so I pulled over to help them"

What is the greatest achievement of human flight?

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The Apollo astronauts who went to the Moon are credited attaining with the fastest speeds at which humans have ever flown: about seven miles per second at the end of the rocket burn that lifted their craft beyond Earth's orbit. This is a paltry 1⁄250 of one percent of the speed of light.

The first internal combustion engine plane. ...
The first manned flight. ...
The first female pilot. ...
The first commercial flight. ...
The first flight around the world. ...
The first solo non-stop flight. ...
The first jet engine. ...
The first female transatlantic solo flight.

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Answer:

1. ABAB

2.AABB

3.ABAB

4.ABAB

5.AABA

Why is everyone keeping their distance from Katniss?

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Answer:

Carono

Explanation:

Answer:

because they think she won unfair

Explanation:

To anyone who has done this please help!

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Answer:

i havent yet

Explanation:

sorry! let me know if you find an answer.

What happens to graders who use a red pen?A.They are more accurate with thier correctionsB.They find more errorsC.They feel themselves getting angrt when they gradeD.They make more mistakes​

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Answer:

Graders who use a red pen

The answer is:

A. They are more accurate with their corrections.

Explanation:

The use of red pen to grade has been traditional with teachers.  The colour helps them to differentiate the students' work from the corrections made by the teachers.  It also stands out prominently as distinct from the original work by the students.

However, recent researches have shown that it could have some negative effects on the students.  For one, it is suspected to alienate the students from their teachers.  Two, it could aggravate negative feelings in the students because of the sharpness of the red ink.

It is advised that teachers should choose other neutral colours in grading students.  They could use blue if the student used black and vice versa.

Question 2
Which natural forces can create sediments?
A. Wind and ice
B. Moving air, moving water, and moving ice
C. Water and ice
D. Sunlight
Question 3
According to paragraph 6, particles can pile up to form a dune. The word "particles" means-

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B. Moving air, moving water, and moving ice
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