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Analyzing Layers of Meaning in Poetry

Question 6 • VT-FL-FAST-Grade 10 English Language Arts-Reading

Read the excerpt from "‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -” by Emily Dickinson."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 BirdThat kept so many warm -I’ve heard it in the chillest land -And on the strangest Sea -Yet - never - in Extremity,It asked a crumb - of me.

Answer
A
personification
B
metaphor
C
ambiguity
D
enjambment

Explanation

The poem directly compares hope to a bird without using “like” or “as”: hope is called “the thing with feathers” that perches and sings. That makes the comparison a metaphor. The bird is also described with human-like actions, but the central device in the quoted opening is the metaphor comparing hope to a bird.

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