By Emily Dickinson Hope Is the Thing with Feathers.
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Transcript of By Emily Dickinson Hope Is the Thing with Feathers.
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By Emily Dickinson
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
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Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all,
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And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.
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I've heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
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• gale (line 5) = (n.) strong wind storm“…and sweetest in the gale is heard…”
• sore (line 6) = (adj.) painful; distressing“…and sore must be the storm…”
• abash (line 7) = (v.) humble; weaken“…that could abash the little bird…”
• strangest (line 10) = (adj.) most foreign“…I’ve heard it…on the strangest sea…”
• extremity (line 11) = (n.) farthest point; danger“…never, in extremity, it asked a crumb of me.”
Diction
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Figurative Language: Extended Metaphor
“Hope is the thing with feathers” (line 1)
“That perches in the soul” (line 2)
Hope is like a birdthat dwells within everyone.
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“And sings the tune--without the words” (line 3)
“And never stops at all” (line 4)
Hope doesn’t need spoken words
Hope is always there.
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“And sweetest in the gale is heard;” (line 5)
Hope is most welcome in the hardest times;
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“And sore must be the storm (line 6) That could abash the little bird (line 7)
That kept so many warm”(line 8)
And people’s hardship must be quite severe
In order to weaken their hope, a hope that
so many others have been able to find comfort in.
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“I've heard it in the chillest land,” (line 9)“And on the strangest sea;” (line 10)
Hope exists even in the harshest of places,
And in the most distant lands
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“Yet, never, in extremity,” (line 11)“It asked a crumb of me.” (line 12)
But hope has never, in the worst of times
Required anything from me.
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• Optimistic
• Confident
• Positive
Tone
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Three quatrains
Structure and Sound Elements
Rhyme Scheme
ABCB (slant rhyme)
DEDE
FGHG
(1) Hope is the thing with feathers (2) That perches in the soul, (3) And sings the tune--without the words, (4) And never stops at all,
(5) And sweetest in the gale is heard; (6) And sore must be the storm (7) That could abash the little bird (8) That kept so many warm.
(9) I've heard it in the chillest land, (10) And on the strangest sea; (11) Yet, never, in extremity, (12) It asked a crumb of me.
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More Sound Elements
Alliteration
Line 3: And sings the tune--without the words
Line 6: And sore must be the storm
Line 10: And on the strangest sea;
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Theme
Hope is always there
for those who need it.
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Conclusion
Dickinson’s poem optimistically suggests that the song of hope can be found in everyone, that it is always there when it is most needed. The speaker suggests that no special effort is needed to feel hope, that it naturally comes to those who need it most.