Caged Bird is a poem by Maya Angelou. This particular poem is considered to be one of the most well-known of her entire career, and it is seen as a powerful and poignant example of protest poetry. There are few American poems from the late 20th century that are considered to be as well-known as Caged Bird by Maya Angelou, meaning that this is also one of the most analyzed poems of the last fifty years. The poem is commonly found in school and university curricula because of this.