How does Angelou describe the bird and its flight?

In
","juxtaposes the ideas of a free bird and a caged bird to show the effects of
oppression.  Stanza one focuses on the free bird:

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.

In this stanza, Angelou uses metaphors to make the flight of the bird appear less like
flying and more like floating. For the free bird,...