The subject matter of Angelou's "Caged Bird" is
The poem uses the metaphor of a "caged bird" to represent the lived experience of Black Americans. The bird’s "bars of rage" and "clipped wings" symbolise the systemic segregation and racial discrimination that restrict freedom and opportunity. The "free bird," by contrast, represents the white population who can "leap on the back of the wind."
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