Hope is the thing with feathers
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"Hope is the thing with feathers" is a widely anthologized lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that personifies hope as a resilient bird that endures through hardship.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem → |
| anthologizedIn | multiple poetry anthologies → |
| author | Emily Dickinson → |
| authorGender | female → |
| authorNationality | American → |
| centralMetaphor | hope as a bird → |
| collectedIn | posthumous editions of Emily Dickinson’s poems → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
hope as asking nothing in return
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hope as enduring through hardship → hope as present in the soul → |
| famousLine |
And never stops – at all –
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And sings the tune without the words – → That perches in the soul – → “Hope” is the thing with feathers – → |
| firstLine | “Hope” is the thing with feathers – → |
| form | three quatrains → |
| genre | lyric poetry → |
| hasTitlePunctuation | quotation marks around the word Hope → |
| imagery |
bird imagery
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sea imagery → storm imagery → |
| influence | popular quotations about hope → |
| language | English → |
| lineCount | 12 → |
| literaryDevice |
extended metaphor
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personification → |
| meter | common meter → |
| movement | American Romanticism → |
| openingWord | Hope → |
| period | 19th century American poetry → |
| portrays |
hope as present in extreme hardship
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hope as resilient in storms → |
| rhymeScheme | abcb → |
| stanzaCount | 3 → |
| subjectOf |
classroom study
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literary criticism → |
| theme |
comfort in adversity
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hope → perseverance → resilience → |
| tone |
optimistic
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reassuring → |
| usedIn |
motivational contexts
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religious and spiritual discussions of hope → |
| writtenBy | Emily Dickinson → |
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