WorksheetsEmily Dickinson Recap "Hope" is the thing with feathers 1
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 5mins
Dickinson uses a ________ to compare hope to a bird.
Sibilance
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
"Hope" is the thing with feathers - That (a) in the soul -
Complete the quote: "And sings the tune (a) "
'Chillest' & 'Strangest' are examples of ....
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
I don't know
The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?
Times of bad weather
Pleasant Times
Hard or painful times
Times of success and growth
The poet says that hope "sings the tune without the words." Why might the poet have written that the tune has no words?
To emphasise that hope does not need to be put into words to be felt
To suggest that people are usually unable to understand the feeling of hope
to point out that it is very difficult for people to express whether they feel hopeful or not
To indicate that people who are always hopeful are also often forgetful
Which is the correct quote?
Yet never in extremity, it asked a crumb of me.
Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.
It - never in extreme circumstances - asked a crumb - of me.
The in extreme circumstances - asked a crumb - of me.
