poetry Hope Emily Dickinson more info: http://blog.roodo.com/jenwenwu/archives/19298158.html

1. Class:
Name:
Hope
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 chilliest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
Comprehension check
1. What did Dickinson define hope as by comparing it?
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2. Do you think that hope is a matter of words, a feeling about our future, or a kind of
feeling with expectation and desires?
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3. When do you need hope most?
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4. Try to write two metaphors on your own like Emily Dickinson’s metaphor “Hope is the thing
[feeling] with feathers that perches in the soul.” (A metaphor: a comparison of two dissimilar
things which does not use "like" or "as," e.g., "my love is a red, red rose" (Lilia Melani).)
Hope is the ________ that
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Friendship is the _______which
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