Hi Everyone!! This article will share My Bird Sings Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Thora Stowell. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of The Apple Tree Complex, The Refugee and No Such Thing so, you can check these posts as well.
My Bird Sings Questions & Answers
Question 1: The speaker says that cage-bird ‘flutters its sorrowful wings’. Why are the wings describes as being sorrowful?
Answer: The cage-bird is not free to fly around, so its wings are useless. This is why they are described as being sorrowful.
Question 2: The speaker’s bird is free and therefore can do a number of things. Make a list of the things.
Answer: List of a number of things that the speaker’s bird can do:
- It is free to build a nest and thrive.
- It can sing out with a true wood-note
- It can fly freely.
Question 3: Both the birds sing but the song of the cage bird is different because……
Answer: Both the birds sing. But the song of the cage bird is different because it is trapped in a cage and is full of sorrow.
Question 4: The cage-bird is described as a crippled thing because……..
(a) its wings are broken
(b) it is not free to fly and soar
Answer: it is not free to fly and soar
Question 5: Pick out another word from the poem that means the same as the following:
Answer:
(a) sings – pipes
(b) cage-bird – poor bit thing
(c) fly – soar
Question 6: Which bird do you think is happy?
Answer: The speaker’s bird is happy because it is free to fly, live on its own and sing freely.
Question 7: Would you like it if you have to lead a very confined life? Is the experience different for animals and birds?
Answer: No, I would not like it. Freedom is very human’s right. The experience must be similar for animals and birds too. They too deserve to live a free life.
Question 8: Pick out words from the poem that describe the free bird and the cage-bird.
Answer:
The free bird
- Little
- Free to live and thrive
- May wheel and soar
- Sings a true wood-note
The cage-bird
- Pretty
- Only half alive
- Crippled thing
- Sings of sorrowful things
So, these were the Questions & Answers.