![]() It does not really have the ability to claim the sky literally. For instance, in the line where the free bird “dares to claim the sky,” what the poet means is that the free bird has the confidence to claim the sky hypothetically. A hyperbole is never meant to be taken literally. Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration to create emphasis. The “caged bird” represents the misery and distress of all African-Americans who had to face inhuman treatment during the apartheid. In this poem, the “caged bird” is a metaphor for the poet herself. It is a figure of speech in which a comparison between two different things is made indirectly. ![]() A free bird leaps / on the back of the wind.His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream.Personification is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and inanimate objects are invested with attributes of living beings. ![]() The free b ird thinks of another b reeze.His s hadow s houts on a nightmare s cream. ![]() It is the close repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Poetic Devices Alliteration ![]()
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