IGCSE诗歌赏析:透过

玛雅·安吉罗，作家、诗人、剧作家、编辑、演员、导演和教师，是当代美国黑人女诗人中的杰出代表。

今天A加未来国际教育李老师带大家来赏析一下IGCSE诗歌作品Caged Bird。

这首诗歌是玛雅在50岁的时候创作的，20世纪60年代的美国呈现出严重的种族歧视问题，男女不平等问题，作为黑人女性，她遭到了很多不公平的区别对待。亲身经历了这些遭遇，她想通过诗歌来谴责当时的社会现象，呼唤起人们的平等意识。

Caged Bird 

A free birdleaps

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 aretied

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.

The free bird thinks of anotherbreeze

and 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.