In the first two stanzas of her poem, Dickinson establishes an extended metaphor by comparing

In the poem, Dickinson compares hope to a bird that “perches” in the soul and sings continuously. In the second stanza, that bird is still singing through a “gale,” or storm, showing that hope persists through hardship. The extended metaphor is hope and a bird in a storm.

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