what is the theme of the hope poem
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Answer:
In the poem, "Hope" is metaphorically transformed into a strong-willed bird that lives within the human soul—and sings its song no matter what. Essentially, the poem seeks to remind readers of the power of hope and how little it requires of people.
Answer: Hope is with you.
Explanation:
In the first stanza;
"Hope" is the thing with Feathers
That perches the soul
And sings without words
And never stops at all.
If you explain this in the metaphor, then it talks about how the bird frequently settles in your soul and never stops singing. You might question, "How do you know it's a bird?" Well, the only thing on this plant as far as I know that has feathers is a bird. Anyway, let's move on.
In the second stanza;
And sweetest in the Gale is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm.
The second stanza says, even in the harshest winds, the bird is still singing his sweet song. Then comes an even bigger storm that could embarrass/frighten the bird but the bird is still singing his song.
In the third stanza;
I've heard it in the Chillest land
And the Strangest Sea
Yet never in Extremity,
It asked a crumb of Me.
Again, the third stanza says, when we are in our hardest moments that bird is still there no matter how much we try to get rid of it. Then the last two lines say, that we don't need to do anything for that little bird to help us.
Now let's actually get to Emily's point.
Stanza 1 - Hope is always inside of us.
Stanza 2 - Even in the scary times, hope will be there. Hope is really hard to get rid of. It takes a big thing to get rid of hope.
Stanza 3 - Hope is absolutely free meaning that we don't have to do anything to get hope.
P.S.
The little bird is something that Emily used to describe hope in a metaphor.