Read the following passage from "The Caged Bird.”But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso he opens his throat to sing.

Here, “stalks down his narrow cage” describes how the bird moves back and forth inside the cage. “Stalks” means to walk with measured, stiff strides, not to pursue prey stealthily, since the bird is moving within its cage rather than hunting.

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