Question

read the excerpt from i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou. during these years in stamps, i met and fell in love with william shakespeare. he was my first white love. although i enjoyed and respected kipling, poe, butler, thackeray and henley, i saved my young and loyal passion for paul lawrence dunbar, langston hughes, james weldon johnson and w e b. du bois litany at atlanta. but it was shakespeare who said, when in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes. it was a state with which i felt myself most familiar. how does the allusion to william shakespeare affect the meaning of the text? it foreshadows angelous future career as a writer. it suggests angelous desire to leave her surroundings and go elsewhere. it shows that angelou identifies with the feelings expressed in shakespeares poem. it reveals how much angelou admires those who are not like herself.

Explanation:

Angelou mentions Shakespeare and a quote from him. She says she was familiar with the state of being in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, showing her identification with the feelings in Shakespeare's poem. There is no indication of foreshadowing her writing - career, desire to leave, or admiration for those different from herself in the given text.

Answer:

It shows that Angelou identifies with the feelings expressed in Shakespeare's poem.