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Time to answer

A. Choose the correct option.

1. How does the caged bird feel?

helpless relaxed envious angry

2. Which line in the poem tells us about the time of the day?
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

3. Which of the following quotes best describes the caged bird’s condition?

Freedom gives you the power to fly.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Freedom always comes with a price.

Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it.

4. Which word can replace ‘carol’ in the poem?

legend prayer song tale

B. Answer these questions.

1. What is the state of mind of the caged bird in the first stanza? Make a list of the words,
images or lines that support your answer.

2. What is the caged bird’s desire?

3. Why does the caged bird sing? What is his song about?

Reference to the context

Read the line from the poem and anwer the questions that follow.

1. 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;

a. Who is ‘I’ in these lines? Why does the speaker exclaim, ‘Alas!’?

b. Do you think the bird in the cage is happy? Give reasons for your answer.

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