Emily Dickinson - Hope is the thing with feathers, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica Emily Dickinson - Hope is the thing with feathers e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Item n°24 Emily Dickinson Hope is the thing with feathors The fitle of the poem is the first line of it, as the most Dickinson's/ poems! The poetess wrote this poem in 1862, but it was publ cio ra death. Itis a lyrical composition and it is about hope: in fact hope is like a'birdj it is a metaphor, and initially the poetess does not say it, she wanted to make a surprise. S Dickinson's tell about the bird, which perches in every human's soul and sings a'melody all the time. During the gale in our soul, the bird tries to keep warm: it consoled many people who felt desperato. So she is trying to explain that when life is becoming hard, there is always Hope who sings in order fo give us inspiration and security Hope is also like a crumb: in fact it is generous, Hope does not ask for'anyihing in return. It can give us strength to carry on in the most difficult conditions. Analysis The main figure is the mataphor ol Hope, which is seen like a bird that sings and never stops. There is an anaphora in lines 3 to 6, where there is a repelilion ol ‘And’; also in lines 7 to 8 Another characteristic of Dickinson's poem is tho use of dashes at the and ol every line: she wanted he reader to make a short break,in order to think and feconsider. What the poetess expresses is personal but also very universal, everyone can empathize in the composition. . The meanirg is profound, we can find a very deep s nificance In every word. 4 The tune that the bird sings is without words, in fact she meant a conceal tune'that we can onìy listen to with our soul. È "Pi je more we live in a difficult period, the more the tune is sweet, ! We can understand that th diff full ot hope. The little bird keeps us warm, Which is a metaphor of wellbeing.