What does the bird symbolize in sympathy?

What does the bird symbolize in sympathy? Well, Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Sympathy” is a poem that describes the terrible experience of being a bird stuck in a cage. The bird in this poem flaps its wings and sings, but not because it’s happy. Nope—instead the caged bird becomes a metaphor for the speaker’s own lack … Continue reading What does the bird symbolize in sympathy?