Hope Is The Thing With Feathers, By Emily Dickinson

a resilient bird. The most literal interpretation of this poem leaves the reader imagining hope as

In contrast, instead of showing hope is important with a theme, the poem Hope koIs The Thing With Feathers explains to us what hope is and and how it can keep you pulling in the toughest fights in your life. In the poem, the author

She illustrates hope as a bird, and how it sings melodious hymns within you, and never gives up on you. This really stood out to me, mainly because of how metaphorical this was. The very first line starts with a metaphor, saying, “Hope is a thing with feathers…” This immediately intrigued me to read more, and found yet another, stating, “And sweetest in the Gale is heard;”, meaning that you could hear hope, singing it’s joyous praises, even through the strongest of your troubles. One last example of this extraordinary metaphorical language, comes in the last two lines. These two lines hit me vigorously, as it states, “Yet, never, in Extremity, It asked a crumb of

The first poem that I would like to examine is Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson. This poem is about someone being dead, but no one knows that until the very end of this poem. The poem in the beginning states that a gentleman has come for the speaker, and the speaker states that she can not stop for death, she does not want to die but realizes that is naturally happens to all human beings. So the gentleman wants to take her on a ride on his horse carriage. The speaker does go along on the ride, and is very calm and easy going in the beginning of the poem. She stays positive while looking at the view of children playing at recess which makes her remember her own childhood. The only reason she is staying so positive is due to the fact she does not realize where they are headed. While on their journey she sees the setting sun, which actually means mature years getting older and heading toward the end of life. When the speaker talks about being “dews drew quivering and chill” so it may be morning, she is also cold because the only thing she is wearing is a gown. “We pasued before a House that seemed A swelling of the ground- The Roof was scarcely visible-The Cornice-in the Ground.” This stanza basically says that the speaker has met her new home which turns out to be a grave. The swelling ground, a roof that is hard to see mean the top of the casket. That is when it hits the speaker that she is buried there, she also comes to the conclusion that she has

The poem ““Hope" is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson begins its first two lines with a metaphor. “That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words”(2-3). These opening lines bring us into the rest of the poem where the author is describing the word hope through the metaphor of a bird. Dickinson continues to use metaphors throughout the poem. Later in the poem, she describes different aspects of hope. “And sore must be the storm/That could abash the little Bird/That kept so many warm”(6-8). This section is referring to difficult times, and telling us that hope does not falter when hardship comes. In this case, hardship is the storm. She follows this by giving the reader a metaphor for where hope can be

In the poem hope , Dickinson is describing what a simple single word means and symbolizes to her . “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune-- without the words, and never stops at all” . With this description she has given , Dickinson is saying that hope in her point of view is like a bird , thats her symbol of hope. “And sore be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm”. To me this line sounds like the storm is a person or thing

“The speaker describes hope as a bird (“the thing with feathers”) that perches in the soul. There, it sings wordlessly and without pause” (www.sparknotes.com). This poem is ranked as one of the best poems in English Literature. It was initially published in 1891 in the second series of Poems by Emily Dickinson.”It metaphorically describes hope as a bird that rests in the soul, sings continuously and never demands anything even in the direst circumstances” (www.learnodo-newtonic.com). Dickinson went through a troubling crisis during this time causing her to write about the thoughts and feelings she was experiencing such has sadness, despair, and hope. "In this poem, “Hope,” an abstract word meaning desire or trust, is described metaphorically as having the characteristics of a “bird,” a tangible, living creature” (www.encyclopedia.com). Throughout the story, people see this use of riddles. Dickinson uses riddles to help you discover the “bird’s” identity, but it really seems that she is trying to help people figure out who she

Hope by EmIly Dickinson Is a poem about hope and how Its lIke a bIrd flyIng InsIde. ThIs poem helped to realIze that no matter how dark thIngs may get, there Is always some glImmer of hope. You cannot just gIve up because lIfe Is gettIng tough. You need to get up when somethIng knocks you down and soar lIke a bird.

There are other symbols within the poem as well, the “Gale and Storm” symbolize the challenges we face. These challenges may weaken the bird momentarily but hope prevails and continues on and on. In the last stanza, the use of symbolism continues with, “in the chilliest land, And on the strangest sea”. These are used to symbolize life’s worst conditions and yet hope is still there and is everlasting. The final symbol used is within the line “Yet, never, in Extremity, It asked a crumb of me.” Dickinson refers to the crumb because she is suggesting that hope has never asked for anything in return, not even the smallest

“Hope is the thing with feathers” is a completely hopeful tone. This tone is uplifting and provided me with a more optimistic outlook compared to the sixth extinction. The poem starts off with “hope is the thing with feathers” which provide a comparison of hope with birds. The bird is a great example of hope since bird represents purity and freedom and hope is needed for freedom and purer lifestyle. The poem continues with “and sings the tune without the words and never stops -at all-“ which resinated with me my thinking of how hope has always existed throughout human nature and will exist. “signs the tune without words” shows how hope will also always be there even if we don’t necessary realize. Singing with words is similar to when we are hoping for something to occur. “And sore must be the storm- That could abash the little bird” meant to me that hatred will bring down hope. The bird’s enemy is weather and only the worst of storms could stop the bird from flying. The only thing that stops hope from brining someone to a higher level and motivates them to do something is haters. In the sixth extinction, the local researches were doubted by the well known researches for their claims. However, the local researchers did not give up and kept trying to find their own methods to protect the endangered animals. This was a great example for me since it showed me how in life even if the people who have already done something and are considered great does

It shows the flexibility we have with nature. “Hope is the thing with feathers”, she uses the birds to stand for hope. This is one of the poems that Dickinson writes that uses personification and does not offer grief. Dickinson’s poems offer a lot of insight into her work

Dickinson and Whitman also use similar poetic devices in "Hope is a Thing with Feathers” and “O Captain! My Captain!” Each poem contains an extended metaphor. In Dickinson’s poem, a bird clearly symbolizes hope. The first stanza introduces the bird metaphor: ‘Hope is the thing with feathers--/That perches in the soul.’ The next lines ‘And sings the tune without the words--/And never stops—at all—’ illustrate the interminable nature of the bird and hope. The second stanza expands the metaphor by saying ‘And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—.’ The bird’s song, or hope, is the sweetest during a Gale, or troubled times. The first lines in the final stanza ‘I’ve heard it in the chillest land--/ And on the strangest Sea’ describe the bird, or hope, as being

Emily Dickinson’s poems predominantly portray the confinements placed on married women and illustrate the doubts that come along their role as a “wife”. In many of her poems, the speakers present a strong opinion about the lack of independence and autonomy women receive when they get married. Given the fact that Dickinson was born in the 1830’s, women in that era were consecutively facing massive oppression and were treated lesser than men. Consequentially, the societal norms greatly influenced her opinion on marriage, which was clearly portrayed in her writing. In her poem, “My life has stood –a loaded gun”, the speaker described her inner turmoil and anger towards the agency she was seeking during her marriage. As for this poem Dickinson personified herself as a loaded gun, suggesting that she has been supressing the inner anger and chaos over time. In other words, her inner thoughts about her marital status have accumulated into rage, indicating that her mind is not any less dangerous than a weapon. Nevertheless, the speaker of “My life had stood –a loaded gun” addressed her supressed anger and resentment towards marriage because there was limited space to express independent action.

She uses a number of literary devices in the poem. One primary example of the figurative language that she uses is a the personifications do symbolism of hope. A symbol is an image that represents an abstraction. For example, a red rose may represent love, or a stone may represent hardheartedness. In “’Hope Is The Thing With Feathers,” the poet assigns hope the symbol of a ‘thing with feathers,’ more specifically a bird. Even though that, by the end of the poem, readers can definitely conclude that Dickinson used a metaphor by saying ‘hope is a bird,’ she does not make that clear until the very end. The metaphor began as only a “partial one: a ‘thing with feathers’ is not yet a bird, but some sort of object, not easily envisioned and defined only by the fact that it is feathered, that is, winged, capable of flight. It is a transient human experience, one that ‘perches’ in the soul but does not live there. It ‘sings the tune without the words,’ that is, a song in which rational, lexical meaning plays no role, while melody is all. Finally it ‘never stops at all’” (Leiter). The symbolism of saying that hope is a bird assists the reader in having a better understanding of how the virtue of human desire exists in side one’s soul, and is always singing – always alive – even when times get drastic. A bird is used to represent hope since “birds are often viewed as free and self-reliant, or as symbols of spirituality” (Rose and Ruby). The feathered fowl in this poem is “courageous and persevering, for it continues to share its song under even the most difficult conditions” (Rose and Ruby). Providing imagery of a bird also helps one to form connections as to what hope would act like if it were personified as said

She introduces the metaphor in the first two lines of the poem by saying, ““Hope” is the thing with feathers - / That perches in the soul -” and then builds the poem around the idea of a bird. When Dickinson says, “And sings the tune without the words- / And never stops - at all -” she shows that the hope doesn’t have to be sensible, and it never stops existing in one’s heart. In the last stanza she says, “I’ve heard it in the chillest land - / And on the strangest Sea -”. It is not a possible thing to hear the hope, but in this line she tries to say that that hope is everywhere. Even though the main idea of the poem is hope being in everyone’s heart, the metaphor of hope being a bird is actually what makes the poem more interesting for the