Hope is the thing with feathers

E86264

lyric poem poem

"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.

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Label	Occurrences
Hope is the thing with feathers canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lyric poem ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	hope as asking nothing in return ⓘ hope as enduring through hardship ⓘ hope as present in the soul ⓘ
famousLine	And never stops – at all – ⓘ 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 ⓘ sea imagery ⓘ storm imagery ⓘ
influence	popular quotations about hope ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lineCount	12 ⓘ
literaryDevice	extended metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ
meter	common meter ⓘ
movement	American Romanticism ⓘ
openingWord	Hope ⓘ
period	19th century American poetry ⓘ
portrays	hope as present in extreme hardship ⓘ hope as resilient in storms ⓘ
rhymeScheme	abcb ⓘ
stanzaCount	3 ⓘ
subjectOf	classroom study ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
theme	comfort in adversity ⓘ hope ⓘ perseverance ⓘ resilience ⓘ
tone	optimistic ⓘ reassuring ⓘ
usedIn	motivational contexts ⓘ religious and spiritual discussions of hope ⓘ
writtenBy	Emily Dickinson ⓘ

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Subject: Hope is the thing with feathers
Description of subject: "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.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emily Dickinson → notableWork → Hope is the thing with feathers ⓘ

Dickinson → notableWork → Hope is the thing with feathers ⓘ

subject surface form: Emily Dickinson