Question

identify the connotative meaning of each word based on the context of the poem.
a free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
but a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
the connotative meaning of sky is \limitless\.
the connotative meaning of narrow is \expansive
the connotative meaning of dreams is \

of shadow is \
fears and worries
hopes and desires
sorrows and aspirations

Explanation:

In the context of the poem, "dreams" for the free bird (representing freedom) would be positive things. "Hopes and desires" are positive concepts that fit with the idea of what the free bird (and by extension, what freedom allows) can have. "Fears and worries" are negative and don't align with the free - bird's experience. "Sorrows and aspirations" has a negative word ("sorrows") which also doesn't fit the connotation we are looking for in the context of the free bird's "dreams".

Answer:

hopes and desires