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Question
What docs the line “and his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream” mean?
Solution
Maya Angelou’s poem compares the plight of a caged bird to the flight of a free bird. Angelou’s poem can be interprets an extended metaphor with reference to the caged bird.
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