Read the passage from "The Caged Bird.”

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

Read the passage from Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 29.”

When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,

In both poems, what does the connotation of the underlined language imply?

distress
disgust
hatred
sorrow

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The connotation of the underlined language in both poems implies distress and sorrow.
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