1. D. The comparison between a caged bird and oppression continues throughout the poem as an extended metaphor.

2. C. The “caged bird” alludes to Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy”: “I know what the caged bird feels, alas!”

3. A. Enjambment causes one poetic line to flow to the net, creating a flow like flying.

4. B. The stanzas about the caged bird outnumber the stanzas about the free bird, emphasizing a longing for unfulfilled freedom.

5. B. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. The /s/ sound echoes the action of sighing.