Question

c. What keeps the troubled person warm? from hope is the thing with feathers ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Abash" can mean to embarrass, but it can also mean to disconcert or make nervous. So, for anything to lessen the power of this hope-bird's sweet singing—a force that has helped so many people ("kept so many warm")—things would have to be really, awfully, just super-bad…