A bird in a cage will be called a caged bird but Angela,the poet, wants to talk about racial equality rights.She means that black African American people used to feel caged by American white people in the 19th century.The entire theme is metaphorical ill treatment. Black people could see white people having having a normal and prosperous life but black people had restricted freedom given to them eg they could not sit on the front seats of a bus.
The figurative meaning of the quotation will be "The caged bird is so angry about his lack of freedom that it is all he can think about.", and "The caged bird desires freedom, even though he has never experienced it.".
A figure of speech for rhetorical effect which directly refers to one thing by mentioning another is referred to as a metaphor.
The figurative meaning of the quotation will be "The caged bird is so angry about his lack of freedom that it is all he can think about.", and "The caged bird desires freedom, even though he has never experienced it.".
Thus, this can be the figurative meaning of each quotation from the poem.
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