V6A - P3 - Week 7 (American)

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Figurative meaning

Hope is something that goes through tough times but always survives. As decribed in line 8, hope always makes people feel more comfortable and optimistic in times of hardships, or as the line says -> ''That kept so many warm'' The poem also talks about how hope is present in all through, Dickinson describes this as the feathered figure being heard  in the chillest land and  on the strangest sea

What does the poem reveal about hope?

Hope is the thing with feathers

Emily Dickinson

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How are “Hope” and “the thing with feathers” similar?
Why do you they think Dickinson used this comparison?

Literary devices used in the poem

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification

Paradox

Imagery

Literal meaning

Hope is represented by what we can assume to be a bird due to the characteristics used to describe the symbol, as well the use of the word bird in line 7. Literally this poem describes this bird as going through and surviving many hardships like a storm. In the end the speaker explains how this bird never asked for a crumb from anything or anyone