The connotative meanings of sighing as used in the poem are: relaxation and peacefulness.
Answer: Option C and E.
Explanation:
'Caged Bird' is a poem written by Maya Angelou, where she depicts the opposing experiences between a caged bird and a free bird. The poem consist of six stanzas, and the above mentioned passage is a part of the fourth stanza. In this stanza we can see the poet have made use of the word 'sighing' which basically means to breath out.
Each word hold its own cultural and emotional meaning apart from it's literal meaning, and this is called as connotation. So in the context of poem, the connotative meaning of the word sighing is relaxation and peacefulness.
