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

Question

Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.

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.

(i) Where, according to the speaker, does the caged bird stand ?

(ii) What does the caged bird’* shout on?

iii) Whose wings are clipped and feet are tied?

(iv) In the last line ‘he’ refers to the

(a) speaker.

(b) poet,

(c) caged bird

Answer 1

(i) The caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.

(ii) The caged bird shouts as if it were in a nightmare.

(iii)The caged bird’* wings are clipped and feet are tied.

(iv)(c) caged bird.