瑪雅·安吉羅，作家、詩人、劇作家、編輯、演員、導演和教師，是當代美國黑人女詩人中的杰出代表。

今天A加未來國際教育李老師帶大家來賞析一下IGCSE詩歌作品Caged Bird。

這首詩歌是瑪雅在50歲的時候創(chuàng)作的，20世紀60年代的美國呈現(xiàn)出嚴重的種族歧視問題，男女不平等問題，作為黑人女性，她遭到了很多不公平的區(qū)別對待。親身經(jīng)歷了這些遭遇，她想通過詩歌來譴責當時的社會現(xiàn)象，呼喚起人們的平等意識。

Caged Bird 

A free birdleaps

on the back of the wind   

and floats downstream   

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and 

his feet aretied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings   

with a fearful trill   

of things unknown   

but longed for still   

and his tune is heard   

on the distant hill   

for the caged bird   

sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of anotherbreeze

and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn

and he names the sky his own

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.

The caged bird sings   

with a fearful trill   

of things unknown   

but longed for still   

and his tune is heard   

on the distant hill   

for the caged bird   

sings of freedom.