What is the figurative meaning of the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from "The Caged Bird."
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The bird's cage has been placed so that it overlooks a
cemetery
The bird's cage is so small that it cramps his wings and
feet.
The caged bird has had his hope destroyed.
The caged bird is thinking very serious thoughts.
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The caged bird has had his hope destroyed.

Option C.

Explanation:

The caged bird is a poem that has been written by Maya Angelou. The poem talks about the freedom of the bird being destroyed when the bird who was earlier free and was allowed to fly anywhere he wanted to, later got captured in a cage.

The wings of the bird also got clipped when the bird was trapped in a cage and as a result of this, it could not fly with freedom where ever the bird wanted to fly.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

it would be d because the however is more proper and the comma is placed in the right spot