How does the poet develop the extended metaphor of the caged bird in the last two lines?

Me ! select the correct answer. which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

My best friend is a white girl named denise — we look at boys together. she sat in front of me all through grade school because of our names: o'connor, ozawa. i know the back of denise's head very well. why does the speaker share details about race, friendship, and names in this stanza? check all the correct answers. to indicate that the students were already segregated and isolated to emphasize the idea that all americans were treated as equals prior to the attack to reveal the extent of the impact resulting from the attack on pearl harbor to identify the compassionate response following the attack on pearl harbor

Whats the importance of gaining a general understanding of and interpretation of the work of literature. explain what the importance is to me