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"Hope" is the thing with Feathers
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"Hope" is the thing with Feathers
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Emily Dickinson was an American poet born in Amherst, Massachussetts. As a teenager, she left school to live a secluded life at home. There, she filled books with poetry and wrote hundreds of letters.
Figurative Language
Works cited
" Hope" is the thing with feathers"
- The bird is the thing with feathers and it's saying that hope is the bird, so the bird is a metaphor for hope.
http://www.biography.com/people/emily-dickinson-9274190
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/emily-dickinson
Poem
Theme
"Hope" is the thing with Feathers
The poem means that in the darkest, scariest, and lonely times hope will be there for encouragement.
Third Stanza
Figurative Language
" Yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb- of me.
This line shows assonance with the letter "e," being constantly repeated.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
B. strangest sea, chillest land, crumb
Analysis: Hope has been there in the strangest times but it never asks for anything in return.
First Stanza
Second Stanza
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
Analysis: Hope is in your soul and you cant hear it but it's always there.
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
Analysis: Through the storm the little bird, hope, shys away but it's always there for you when you need it.