If another stanza were added to “The Caged Bird,” which excerpt could best be used to continue the extended metaphor?

The poem’s extended metaphor contrasts a free bird with a caged bird whose song expresses its longing for freedom. Choice B continues that idea: the caged bird sings fearfully about what it wants beyond the window. The other choices either give the caged bird a song of contentment or assign its fear and longing to the free bird.

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