I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
What metaphors are used in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou?

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One important metaphor in the novel is Maya's comparison of Momma to a mother bird protecting her young.
“But Uncle Willie was suffering under our father’s bombastic pressure, and in mother-bird fashion Momma was more concerned with her crippled offspring than the one who could fly away from the nest.”
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings