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In Sympathy, by Paul Dunbar, which is used as a symbol of freedom?

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the sun is bright on the upland slopes


I know why the caged bird beats his wing.


And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars


Till its blood is red on the cruel bars.

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Answer: i would say the bird feels trapped.... and for he must fly back to his perch and cling.

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Answer:

He used the symbol of a bird, Dunbar highlights the true importance of real freedom.

He describes captivity through pleas and cries and struggles of a caged bird.

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