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Re-read the following lines from the poem, “Sympathy”

“I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing”
In the poem "Sympathy," what does the caged bird want most?


a)
a better cage

b)
freedom

c)
joy

d)
companions

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B: Freedom! The bird wants to fly as it was meant to
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