Sympathy:"" Which inference can be best made about the bird in the poem? Question 15 options: a) The bird feels safe on its perch. b) The bird was born near a stream. c) The bird feels trapped in its cage. d) The bird is a new pet for a family.

c) The bird feels trapped in its cage.

Explanation:

In his poem "Sympathy", Paul Laurence Dunbar leaves explicit hints that the bird is uncomfortable and feels trapped in its cage. This is evidenced by verses like "I know why the caged bird beats his wing  Till its blood is red on the cruel bars" and specially by the lines "When he beats his bars and he would be free;  It is not a carol of joy or glee". Those highlighted excerpts show the suffering by the bird due to being trapped in its cage.

The answer is c) The bird feels trapped in its cage.