English, 20.02.2020 01:00, ayoismeisjjjjuan

How does stanza 1 contribute to the development of the poem’s theme? sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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answered: mfr81

The stanza contributed to the poem's theme as it illustrated the freedom that the bird didn't have in conveying the theme.

A theme simply means the message that an author passes to the readers. It's simply what the author wants the readers to know.

In this case, the bird in the cage illustrated that the bird didn't have freedom. This was used to convey the message the African Americans were not free in America as they were treated badly. This was important for the theme.

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answered: JamierW2005

In stanza 1, the author describes the outside world the bird is kept from. He says he knows what it feels like to lose your freedom, just like the bird in the cage, and describes a beautiful landscape that includes the sun, wind, grass, river, etc. This idealized description could represent an introduction for describing the bird's sad fate and depicts its agony in the cage (as the bird does not belong there).

The poem describes the lack of freedom through a metaphor with a bird in a cage, describes how terrible is the life without freedom. By stating he knows how to bird feels, we can conclude that the lack of liberty also affects the poet's life, because he is feeling the same as the bird.

In his poem Sympathy, Paul Laurence Dunbar tried to describe the oppression of African-American people, their lack of liberty, oppressed rights and bad treatment they had. With this poem, he tries to describe their miserable life without any joy or hope.

answered: Guest

well if you have a lion for example it will kill you and that's why you shouldn't have and exotic animal

answered: Guest

bgr myujyte k6ujrykury which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to become confederate citizens.

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