1i know what the caged bird feels, alas! when the sun is bright on the upland slopes; when the wind stirs soft through the springing grass, and the river flows like a stream of glass; when the first bird sings and the first bud opens, and the faint perfume from its chalice steals-- i know what the caged bird feels! what two things are compared in a simile in the first stanza of this poem? a) a bird and the sun b) a bird and a river c) perfume and springing grass d) the river and a stream of glass

the text includes parts of primary-source interviews with enslaved people to illustrate the difficulty of life on a sugar plantation in louisiana.

explanation:

- "is not only a luminous passive watcher in the night sky, but it is a powerful force.

it does symbolizes love,   lust   and dreaming and is seen as a power symbolic force that determines and affects human behaviors and reactions.

in the context of the question it does remain you that he events are only taking place at night and the reader of the passage of time."