"Hope" by Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers,
That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all. And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm, That could abash the little bird, That kept so many warm. I’ve heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea, Yet never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. http://www.poetseers.org/themes/poems-hope/ |
Meaning:
The meaning in the poem, “Hope” by Emily Dickinson, is that hope helps everybody through the tough times and gives you great joy, you can see this in stanza 1 and stanza 3, lines 1 and 2, and hope will never ask anything from you, you can see this in stanza 3, line 4. Types and Techniques: The type of poem that “Hope” by Emily Dickinson is, is a free-write poem. The techniques used are end rhymes, in stanza 2, line 1 and 3 with the words heard and bird and stanza 3, line 2 and 4 with the words sea and me. Repetition is used in the poem, with 'And' and 'That' to describe hope, seen in stanza 1, line 1, 2 and 3, stanza 2 and stanza 3, line 2. A metaphor is also used in the poem, in stanza 1, line 1 ("Hope" is the thing with feathers). Personification is the last technique and is seen throughout the poem. Why I Chose this Poem: I thought this was a great example of a hope poem, by the famous American poet, Emily Dickinson. I thought that Emily captured the essence of hope perfectly, and I thought it was a very inspiring poem. |