Question

b. How does this tune' affect its listeners? Which line in the second stanza talks about how
c. What is the speaker saying about 'hope' when she says that the bird never stops singing
Understanding the Poem
Answer these questions.
1. Where does 'hope' reside?
2. And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops-at all-
a. If "hope is a bird, what do you think is the tune that the bird sings?
bird makes people feel?
3. When does the tune' sound more comforting than ever to its listeners? Why?
4. Is hope' hard to upset or disturb? Which lines from the poem tell us that?
5. Which lines from the poem tell us that the speaker has found hope in the most desperate
of circumstances?
6. What is the emotion expressed by the speaker in the last two lines? Why?
Appreciating the Poem
1. Hope is the thing with feathers. This line is a metaphor-it describes hope by comparing it to
something else. The poet expands on this comparison throughout the poem- this is reflected in
choice of words. For example, the word 'perch' is commonly used to describe a bird sitting
on a branch. What are the other words that the poet has used to extend the comparison?
2. Look at the words - gale, chillest land, strangest sea, extremity.
a. What kind of landscapes and situations do these words describe? What colours come to you
mind when you think of these words?
b. What do these words represent in the poem? Why do you think the poet has used these wo
What effect do they give to the poem?
c. What do you think "hope' would look like? What colour would it be?
Foing Further
he poet has compared hope to a bird. What unusual thing/animal/person would you compare
to? Write a poem based on this comparison. You may use these questions as guidelines
writing the poem
What is hope?
How is hope like the thing you have compared it to?
How does the thing provide comfort or how does it make you feel?
What is it like to be without it?​

Answer 1

Answer:

which y standard you are