Who is the author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

Answer 1

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is not a poem, it is a biography of the author of "Caged Bird," Maya Angelou. In the poem, "Caged Bird," the speaker (or narrator) could be anybody, but is most likely Maya Angelou herself, or a colored person in the same situation as the caged bird.

Answer 2

are you talking about

I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS

The free bird leaps

on the back of the win

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wings

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with fearful trill

of the things unknown

but longed for still

and is tune is heard

on the distant hillfor the caged bird

sings of freedom

The free bird thinks of another breeze

an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn

and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

his wings are clipped and his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

Maya Angelou

I wonder if your talking about a book if am wrong write on my message board and tell me what your talking about cause all i know is a poem by Maya Angelou called caged bird or on the discussion page

i know why the caged bird sings was an autobiography of Maya Angelou

Answer 3

In 1969 , by the great poet, Maya Angelou . But the Caged Bird was an autobiography . She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for her collected poems.

The source of the title of the book is a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar entitled Sympathy published in 1899. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," writes the poet. "When he beats his bars and he would be free. It is a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

Maya Angelou has also written a poem with the same title.

Answer 4

It was written by the amazing author Maya Angelou.

Answer 5

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou, is the first volume in this author's extraordinary series of autobiographical narratives.

Answer 6

The author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is Maya Angelou.