Hope is the thing with feathers

Who is the writer of the poem "Hope is the thing with feathers"

• Robert Frost
• Maya Angelou
• Langston Hughes
• Emily Dickinson

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What is the theme of this poem

• Life

• Never give up

• Hope

• The significance of choices in life

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POETIC DEVICES

What is the Alteration in the poem

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What is the Metaphor in the poem

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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

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The poet says that hope "sings the tune without the words." Why might the poet have written that the tune has no words?

• To emphasize that hope does not need to be put into words to be felt

• to point out that it is very difficult for people to express whether they feel hopeful or not

• To suggest that people are usually unable to understand the feeling of hope

• To indicate that people who are always hopeful are also often forgetful

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What is the poet trying to tell us in this poem?

• There might be despair.

• There’s always hope.

• Most of the time, there’s hope.

• Despair might take over you.

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