In this poem, Emily Dickinson uses an irregular rhyming scheme of "abcb." This means that in each of the three stanzas, the second and the fourth line rhymes with each other. Along with her irregular rhymes, she uses irregular punctuation to direct her readers into certain flow of the poem. In this poem, she uses many hyphens to emphasize the expenditures. This gives the poem the effect of soft, slow, feather floating in the air. She also capitalizes key words in the middle of sentences that are main symbols or have a big effect on the poem. This also points the reader's eyes to these words so that they will pay closer attention to them.

Emily Dickinson compares the "Hope" to "the thing with feathers" or simply birds. This implies that hope has the ability to take someone up, or to heaven. The birds have feathers and therefore, are able to fly upward. This shows you that with hope, someone could get closer to heaven, or happiness. Hope is something that can lift someone's soul or spirit up. She is also saying that hope or faith is the only thing

Hope is everywhere and is always there for you even though you do not realize what it is or feel its presence. It is just like "the tune without the words." You may not realize exactly what the song is but you understand vaguely and what kind of song it is. You may not know the words, but the tune stays in your mind and you hum the tune over and over again. Hope is just like that. You may not know what it is but it is always in your mind and never stops "humming" its presence to you.

The bird signifies hope as it is stated within this poem. The bird is the central part of this poster because it is the most important symbol found in this poem. The bird's characteristics of being light and being able to fly up.. toward heaven, is used to describe hope. Hope can be defined as looking toward heaven for something better, such as a better life. In the Visual the bird has just bursts through the Grey clouds, which we have associated with the "storm" or "gale". This "storm" symbolizes the struggles and strife we go through in life. These struggles try to suppress hope but hope (bird) continues to fly, and never ends as it is stated in this quote, "And never stops - at all - ". It has passed these struggles and brings the individual that much closer to what it hopes to achieve. The Family and the Cross found in the background are two of many things the people look towards for this hope that we all hope to achieve.

that can get someone up to heaven because without hope, you have no feathers and therefore you will fall down to hell. It is like someone said, "There is no future without any hope." Hope is what keeps us going and what makes our life worth living. If there was no hope, you will be be

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