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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma .
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the first of seven autobiographical works by Maya Angelou, published in 1969. The book chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16, recounting a traumatic childhood that included rape and racism. It is one of the most widely read and taught books by an African American woman.
Learn about Maya Angelou's autobiographical memoir of growing up as a Black girl in the segregated South. Find plot summary, character analysis, quotes, and study tools for this classic work of Black American literature.
Learn about the themes, structure, and literary devices of 'Caged Bird', a poem by Maya Angelou that compares a free bird and a caged bird. The caged bird is a metaphor for oppressed Black Americans, while the free bird represents white Americans or all free people.
I know why the caged bird sings A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing 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.
A memoir by Maya Angelou about her childhood and adolescence in the American South and California. She explores themes of racism, sexual abuse, identity, and resilience through her experiences and observations.
534,194 ratings16,500 reviews. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself.
