I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
The speaker of one poem by this author looks to where he can "catch the gleaming of a random light" that indicates that the title entities are moving "out of sight and sound". In another poem, he told his addressees to be proud because "Thy name is writ on Glory's scroll / In characters of fire". People use an object that "grins and lies" so as to "let the world dream otherwise" in one of his poem by this author of "Ships That Pass in the Night". This author of "We Wear the Mask" wrote a poem in which old scars "pulse again with a keener sting" as the title animal beats his wings on the bars. That poem by this man is the source of the title of a Maya Angelou autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. For 10 points, name this African-American poet who wrote "Ode to Ethiopia" and "Sympathy".
The speaker of one poem by this author looks to where he can "catch the gleaming of a random light" that indicates that the title entities are moving "out of sight and sound".
Paul Laurence Dunbar