"Hope" questions

What does the poet describe as the thing with feathers?

• life

• hope

• song

• soul

The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• Times of bad weather

• Hard or painful times

• Pleasant times

• Times of success and growth

What is the theme of this poem?

• People need to work hard in order to maintain hope at all times.

• Hope is able to keep people warm even in the coldest, stormiest lands.

• Hope can survive through even the toughest times.

• Without hope, people would be much more sensible and realistic.

Read these lines from the poem:

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

What does the word "abash" most nearly mean, based on these lines?

• To stress

• To support

• To praise

• To annoy

Read these lines from the poem:

And sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land, and on the strangest sea; yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

What does the pronoun "it" refer to in the last line (the part where "it" is asking for a crumb)?

• The little bird

• The storm

• The chillest land

• The strangest sea