How do the similarities and the differences between the caged and free birds in Maya Angelou's poem "Caged Bird" support the theme and the author's purpose? please respond to the above prompt in a one page, double-spaced essay (approximately 250 words) and provide at least three examples from the texts that we have read over the last few weeks (textual evidence from "Caged Bird" or I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou) to support your analysis. Please include an appropriate header with word count and follow MLA format.

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.