Analysis of Sympathy poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

- Re-read the poem, Sympathy, and post a critical analysis on your blog. Use the skills we practiced in our analysis of Caged Bird on Thursday. Aim to write at least three body paragraphs using P.E.A.

The poem wrote by Paul Laurence Dunbar  called Sympathy is the inspiration of the poem Caged bird wrote by Maya Angelou.

In this poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar the topic is the point of view of the author about the life of African people and how they were feeling and being threaten. The purpose of the writing is to show how this caged bird feels and to emphasize his feeling and it´s actions.

Through the poem they use some literary devices to show more the topic like the analogy which  is used to empathise "And the river flows like a stream of glass" in this citation that I took from the poem the analogy is used to show how the river flows by saying that it's harmful and too pleasant because glass is not too safe also that is transparent.

The use of the repetition of the words is also an important common element that is used to produce some effect that magnifies the sentence that the poet says. In the quote "And a pain still throbs in the old,old scars" the word "old" is used to show that those wounds were made long ago and they still hurt. At the same time it give us an idea that those things are not paid attention to but at the same way common or recurrent. It can also be metaphor because this citation can be used as explaining how African people have been threaten in the past years and that nothing has changed but on the same way they feel bad an harmed by this aspects.

There are some parts in which the poet uses images to make the poem be easier to understand and to connect us with the meaning of the sentences and with what was happening to the caged bid like in "the caged bird beats his wings Till it's blood is red on the cruel bars" in this citation I found the way they use the emotive language also to make bigger the description and appealing to the reader by using the word "cruel bars" or "blood" those are strong words that define some feeling like indignation. On the other hand it shows that the caged bird is so determined  that he uses everything to set himself free not minding that his making it's wings bleed, he is trying to be free with all his forces.