Question

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.
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate. in both poems, the connotation of the underlined language implies

Answer 1

Despair.

Step-by-step explanation:

The two excerpts of poetry are from Maya Angelou's "The Caged Bird" and "Sonnet 29" by William Shakespeare. And both poems talk of suffering and freedom.

The use of the phrase "grave of dreams" shows the metaphorical bird's restricted life and desire to be free. Likewise., Shakespeare's poem also mentions the speaker's "outcast state" while "troub[ling] deaf heaven with [his] bootless cries." Both the poems talk of the despair and sadness of the speaker(s).