Hope+is+a+thing+with+feathers

Hope is a thing with Feathers - Emily Dickinson

Theme Statement- Hope is like a bird flying though life.


 * __Structure__**
 * Fixed Form, 12 Lines, 3 Stanzas
 * Contains end rhyme (ex. storm, warm)
 * Contains slant rhyme (ex. soul, all)
 * Emphasis- Hope is something that can easily be exterminated

Dickinson always kept her poetry private. This poem was written during the 1850's-1860's. Dickinson was influenced by some of the transcedentalist writers of the era.
 * __Context__**

Repeated Words- And, That No known instances of Assonance or Consonance
 * __Lit. Devices__**

Sight- scenes of the bird getting beaten about in a storm. Sound- "sings the tune"; "heard it in the chillest land".
 * __Imagery__**

Metaphor- Hope is like a bird Personification-Perches in the Soul Symbolism- Hope=Bird
 * __Fig. Language__**

Topic- Hope is the bird that is being beaten in the storm, trying to stay alive... Angle- (None)
 * __Tone and Theme__**

Link to Video[|:]__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g1TO7f3nuk __