Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) Sympathy I KNOW what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from […]

The poem “Sympathy” has many connections to the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” and its characters. Essentially the first character that comes to mind is Tom Robinson; however, we can infer that the poem also relates to the kids and Boo Radley. This poem has three significant shifts, before the trial, the trial, and finally the escape and death […]

Sympathy I KNOW what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of glass; When the first bird sings and the first bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice steals — […]

The poem “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a poem that consists and exemplifies three different shifts of happiness, barbaric, and freedom. The first shift starts off with talking about springing grass this symbolically represents the beginning of  “To Kill A Mockingbird”  when Dill comes over for the summer and they are ready to enjoy there summer but when the encounter with […]