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Question: Why does the caged bird sing?
November 23, 2009 | 149 Comments
Here’s a deep question for you on this Monday morning:
Why does the caged bird sing?
I’ll send my copy of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth to my favorite answer.
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Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbird,
teach me how to sing.
If I cannot fly…
Let me sing.
Because you can take the bird out of “It’s a Small World,” but you can’t get “It’s a Small World” out of the bird.
The bird sings for alleviate his and others pain. He sing to make better the world, he give his song as his inner beautyness without thinking about cages… like a lot of human do too.
aL
p.s. Leonard Bernstein said “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”
The caged bird sings because ignorance is bliss.
I’ll answer this one on a pure academic slant for a different perspective
I don’t know the ins and outs of bird/animals brains but its known the more intelligent an animal is the more self awareness they have. If you left a grey parrot (highly intelligent) in a cage it would go insane due to the lack of mental stimulus. They need as much (arguably more) mental stimulus as me or you. So the unitelligent bird is aware it is confide within a cage but is perhaps not aware what this implies for itself or how it “feels” about it. Which shows that for a greater understanding of life we all need a greater understanding of ourselves, well kinda shows
It sings in tune with the owners heart as it knows what it is like to be caged.
The caged bird sings because it finally feels safe and protected.
The cage is shielding the bird from the horrible things that happened to it in the past.
The caged bird sings because it’s bored.
The caged bird sings because that’s its calling
What is a cage? Is the cage itself bad, or do our minds make it into a horrible thing? What would happen if we no longer looked at our limitations with pity, resentment, and all the other stuff. I don’t know, but I’d be singing too!
The caged bird sings because there is no colonoscopy planned yet for it!
bye,
Because it feels like it
The caged bird sings because Nature’s love is always present and always passionate.
Hugs
From your fan Jiggles,
Tootles and (buttercup) Smiles.
“Why does the caged bird sing? It sings for freedom.” Maya Angelou
Love and Hope.
Because no one can place limitations on you, or stop you from doing what you love unless you let them.
The bird sings because it knows the cage won’t hold forever.So the bird rejoices in knowing this by singing a sweet melody.
A caged bird sings because not singing would not bring more freedom.
The bird’s song is the symbol for the unbridled soul. While brass bars might encase one’s body, not even the strongest metal can restrict one’s spirit. That is why the caged bird sings… My dear friend Davey. =)
The caged bird sings because otherwise it wouldn’t be a bird.
Singing is in his/her nature. The cage is just incidental. If a caged bird doesn’t sing, you must find the reason ‘in’ the bird, but not in the cage.
Maya Angelou mentions that the caged bird sings OF freedom. brilliant word choice with the simple word of, implying that the caged bird is internally free and does not need to be released from its cage to feel that way. The caged bird is free on a more important level.
I know why the caged bird sings. =]
Because joy only comes from Song….
because they are happy no matter what situation they may be put in!
like we should start doing!
Because the bird has accepted that being caged is the path in his life, and lives in peace. It’s not the circumstances that surround us which give us happiness, it’s what we do in those circumstances and how we shape our own happiness.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
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 are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and is tune is heard
on the distant hillfor the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
an 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.
But tho the bird is caged his soul and heart is sill free.
email: olivercooper21@yahoo.com
Genetic Programming.
Let me answer this very douche-ily.
The question is , Why does the caged bird sing?
My question is, why shouldn’t it?
The body of the bird is oppressed, but the spirit of the bird is not repressed.
The bird does not sing it speaks.
It tells a story, its own story.
This fable happens to be so beautiful to our ears that we perceive it to be song.
Funny how she works, Mama Earth.
Out of contentment and gratitude that it expresses in singing
why does the caged bird sing?
it sings because that is the way it expresses itself. like we express ourselves with many different emotions. it sings to pass the time while in that cage. it reminds me of ourselves. we express ourselves when we feel locked up by writing poems or playing an instrument like a guitar or a piano. the caged bird may sing for many reasons but like all of us, expressing ourselves is a way of life.
The caged bird sings for his Prince to come and free him from his cage.
Has someone been reading Maya Angelou?
the cage bird sings because life is beautiful even in the darkest times
Who says that children of love, support, encouragement, etc. haven’t had their share of pain and suffering? Love and suffering go hand in hand. I would, however, suggest that people who have had everything handed to them on a silver platter and who have had a relatively easy life are far less creative. They have lots of thoughts but they rarely have to really think about anything.
The previous tenant left some sheet music behind for the bird.
The cage is irrelevant. The bird sings because it is a bird. Try as one may, you cannot change the very nature of a thing.
Because even in our darkest hour, we still are capable of sharing beauty & love with the world.
so your friends have shared why the caged bird sings. The real question is slightly more twisted: Does the caged, gay, butt forsaken Davey-bird still want to sing? Of course he does. Now, do you sing because you are seeing the visionary freedom between the bars and so sing for hope to be free; or do you sing out of gratitude for being protected in your cage from the perils of the real world; or do you now sing only because you have the ingrained habit of singing and, like your Dad’s ice cream simply enjoy the comfort of the calories without a hint or care of the impact over time. . .I think it is time to bust free of all of this, Dave–but it is up to you, not us, to decide why you choose to sing in your cage. . .
The caged bird sings because that is what birds do. The bird doesn’t define itself by it’s restrictions (the cage) but by what it knows (that it’s a bird). Limited as we think a birds mind might be it has “broke the illusion” and freed itself from the cage.
It doesn’t have a reason not to. It can so it does.
why not?
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
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 are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and is tune is heard
on the distant hillfor the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
an 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.
But tho the bird is caged his soul and heart is sill free.
email: olivercooper21@yahoo.com
Because the bird is overcome with the beauty of the moment and rejoices.
Because amongst tragedy, life can still be beautiful.
What else has it got to do?
Because birds are selfless enough to think about others in their confinement and hopeful enough to think that someday someone might truly listen to them and realise what a cruelty it is to cage them.
Maybe he thinks he is not caged and we are the caged one’s. Apparently we are not in a cage and we don’t sing…
Why does the caged bird need a reason to sing? Why do we need a reason to understand this question? It is what it is.
Well, monsieur Eckhart would probably say that the bird lives in this moment of present and that if you’re living in this exactly moment, there is no cage nor anything, and you can sing free from the suffers of everyday… bla, bla, bla, but I would probably say screw this utopian way of thinking… xD I don’t believe it at all.
Such a worn opinion and symbols… I mean, “orange sun rays”, “bars of rage”… for god’s sake you could give me (and yourself) a brake. There is no even a trace of sense in those few lines… Not to mention that the rhyme in the poems is anachronistic and that you CANNOT write something that could be defined as “piece of art” for purpose and by just making a decision: I’ll write something now. That is craft and you’re not even a specially good versifier, neither… and I guess the bird is IT not HE… After all, I have to say that I’m sorry if, by saying what I’ve said, I’ve made you feel bad of your poem or worse – of yourself. Anyway, I’m just being honest and realistic, which I would appreciate if I was on yours place…
All best, M.
because it can’t reach the violin
I’ve recognized the poem this moment… anyway, let’s say that it is not anachronistic because Angelou was born in the twenties of the last century, and probably this song was written long ago, but still: I never liked the song, and still I think that it is “bla, bla, bla” stuff… and this is not good versified, either. Well, at last, this could mean that I haven’t made you feel bad about yourself by criticizing the “poem”.
P.S. The restriction to some theme (whether it is homosexuality, feminism, racism or anything) is reductionism if we are speaking about literature… and any prefix with word “writer” is reductionism, too. And I’m paraphrasing this because I might “attacked” authority by saying what I’ve said, so I’ll have to pull another pretty stronger authority in literature.
plus, as I think once more, I can even say that the poem IS anachronistic, because, for example, Gillaume Apollinaire was writing much more progressive and he died little less than ten years before her birth, and, another example, Miller’s first book was published in 1934th… and i guess that Rabindranath Tagore, who was born in 1861th and who won the Nobel prize for literature in the year of 1913th, was speaking long before her about bird in the cage and a free bird… and I don’t have to mention that the symbol of bird is much older even than Tagore’s work is, which means that this poem we’re talking about IS anachronistic, so… sorry, but I am right…
The caged bird sings, to the show the world it can’t be beaten
Why does the caged bird sing?
Because he knows that while the cage may detain his body – his voice can never be stifled.
Why does the caged bird sing?
The caged bird sings in hopes of copping a deal with the D.A. for reduced charges and/or sentencing considerations. Caged Bird’s mamma didn’t hatch no fool.
Because she’s happy that she’s got a cage to stop that huge lion eating her, and also because she can hop around, eat some nuts, hang on some bars. She doesn’t care. She’s just chilling out.
Because it’s the only way it can be free!
Damn. You got to this before I could post it. Right on, Kipp.
It’s screaming “Let me out, PLEASE.” But we don’t recognize the plea because we don’t understand its beautiful language, and so we keep it caged for our pleasure, not its, and deceive ourselves that the singing implies happiness.
Parce ce qu’il ne sait pas qu’il est seul … S’il le savait, il ne chanterai plus.
Because he don’t know he’s alone. If he does, he’ll never sing.
Maya Angelou knows why
It sings because it is happy, safe and secure. It’s fed and taken care of.
he sings, because his soul is not caged and never can be.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The free bird leaps
on the back of the win
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
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 are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with fearful trill
of the things unknown
but longed for still
and is tune is heard
on the distant hillfor the caged bird
sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze
an 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.
But tho the bird is caged his soul and heart is sill free.
email: olivercooper21@yahoo.com
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because she knows she is never truly caged.. even though she may be in a physical cage, she is never truly caged unless she chooses to be in her mind and in her heart.
haha, or she’s asking to be let out.
Hey Davey,
I would have to say that it’s for the same reason we do. Think of being at home for months never leaving the security and safety of your property. You see all the same people all of the time. I speak from myself, I know exactly why the caged bird sings.
When you finally do go out in to the world (you could be in the tiniest hamlet on earth), and you see someone who doesn’t know you, you end up sharing with them because you think that they just might be your one real connection to the world. You’re in it but you don’t see any of it till someone says hello or how was your day. Then the words just come out, in that time of complete seclusion from everything that is immediately unfamiliar everything that you thought everything that you felt everything you experienced happened and there is a world out there much bigger than you are that in reality has no clue what has happened like I mean NO ONE in the known world knows anything about you or what you have done or learned. You’ve been in a strictly and intimately familiar environment where no one has gone in or out.
If you’ve ever had a time when you’ve known of worldly things and the worldly people have known of you. Then it’s gone because for some reason it’s lost its interest then you go out and you’re not interested in the world at all but what you really want to know is, “What has been going on out there?”, if you talk with someone you might find out.
Kenneth R. Livingston
P.S. I’m not talking about being in jail, it’s been something by choice. I just don’t have to leave the estate I have everything there I need and don’t ever have to go out into the world if I don’t make the choice to.
Hey Mark,
I like what you said that about sums it up!
Kenneth R. Livingston
Pretty much Arthur.
Kenneth R. Livingston
Yes.
Nice!
It knows there’s true beauty, freedom,and life beyond the limitations of the “cage.” The “cage” does not limit its imagination, but its ability.
The soul isn’t physically defined, it comes from somewhere deeper than that. It isn’t trapped by physical restrictions. When everything else is trapped, the soul is probably the one thing that isn’t.
Remember birds sing to connect to one another. So do we. Even when you don’t know someone, you can still have common ground. Birds twitter back and forth, by doing so they connect. We connect because we all have a soul, and nothing can take that way. I suppose a bird singing reminds us of that freedom and that connection. No matter what happens or what we are faced with, we all connect, we can all reach out to one another in our own way. No matter how restricted that bird is, it can sing. It can connect to those around them. It still has something to offer to others and to itself. When our abilities our restricted, we use the power we have left, however limited. If not for the benefit of others, we do it for ourselves. The bird might not be singing for other birds, for other people, or for your pleasure. Whatever reason the bird chooses to sing, it’s still for itself. It has that choice and remaining freedom, so it utilises that.
I also believe that using our power in this way is therapeutic. It lets people know; “I haven’t given up, there’s still hope, and I’m clinging onto that hope with every bloody ounce of energy I have left.”
the real question is why wouldn’t it? to think that a bird wouldnt sing is to think that a dog wouldnt bark. its just how it is. im sure the bird must realize that it is caged but what can it do but to sit there and sing? perhaps of a better reality than the one it is given. you see just like us it too has physical boundries but it does not let that stop it from being happy as should you
The caged bird sings because it knows no other path than to be content in even the miserable moments of life–because even though it’s caged it’s never lost its ability to fly.
If she does not sing, she will go insane from all the pain that life has thrust upon her. She sings to rise above the pain and prove she is stronger than her abusers.
If she does not sing, she will go insane from all the pain that life has thrust upon her. She sings to prove that she is stronger than her abusers and they have not broken her. Her wings are broken, but her spirit soars high.
Matt that was inspirational:)
Our higher power speaks to us in mysterious ways, and little or big birds singing,even when caged, is an example to us humans to temper our anger, and accept whatever comes our way with an accepting peaceful heart.
Um hello, nothing I said was meant 2 be taken literally. Just as Maya Angelou’s ‘Why The Caged Bird Sings’ is NOT about birds or singing.
Nothing I said was meant 2 be taken literally. Just as ‘Why The Caged Bird Sings’ is neither about singing nor is it about birds. That was my interution of the sentance. Sorry 4 my lack of clarity.
OR because it can’t play an instrument!
Two things to put together:
1. A bird does not know it is in a cage.
2. A bird sings no matter what.
If speaking through natural selection, birds would adapt a lot faster to the new environment and would keep doing its thing. This is contrary to people – who may take an entire lifetime to adapt. We are the only species that reason…
It sings for the same reason I would sing, I won’t tell you Why I’d sing but I will tell you what I would sing, “My favourite things” why?? cause then I won’t feeeeeel sooooooo badddddddddddd
why the hell should it not?
it thinks: “you know, maybe I am free in a very small world and you are caged in a very big cage”
lol, thats why I sing
(stolen from this great german comic: http://oliver.kler-online.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/nichtlustig_loewe_kaefig_waerter.jpg)
And the winner is…..
Caged birds singing are free.
The caged birds sings because even in the darkest times there is still hope left.
The caged bird sings because without music the world would Bb.(Bb = be flat in music terms)
Maya Angelou knows why the caged bird sings.
*bird
The bird sings because it is it’s nature to sing. The bird doesn’t see the bars; it sees the sunrise and greets it the only way it knows how. In the case of the nightingale; it glimpses the dusk and lulls the world to sleep with a song of appreciation for having experienced the day just past.
The caged bird sings not because it dreams of being free to fly around. It’s song is one of happiness, because life is great for the bird. Here in it’s little cage, it is protected from all bad things, but it can still see the world from between the bars. It appreciates the beauty that surrounds it, and cherishes the place it has in that world. If I were the birdie, which sometimes I feel like I am. I would sing too.
It sings, because with its voice, it defeats its captors. Its physical entrapment is overcome by a free spirit.
Why does man confined to ‘earth and the moon’ (I think that’s the only places man has actually ‘been to’ that we know of….) find joy?
The bird sings to spread its message because although the cage may stop it from physical freedom but in spreading its word the bird has achieved freedom as the song will continue to spread, forever.