Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers – Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words -And never stops - at all -And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -And sore must be the storm -That could abash the little BirdThat 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.

 La "speranza" è la pennuta creatura Che si posa nell'anima -E canta melodie senza parole -E non smette mai - proprio mai –

E dolcissima - nella Brezza - è udita -E violenta dev'essere la tempesta -Che possa confondere l'UccellinoChe così tanti riscaldò -

L'ho udita nella landa più gelida -E sul Mare più remoto -Eppure, mai, alla Fine,Ha chiesto un briciolo - di me.

The meaning of the poem:

Emily Dickinson describes hope as a bird with feathers that perches in the soul. Where it sings without words and pause. The song of hope sounds even in the Gale and in the coldest places. She says that she hears the bird of hope “in the chillest land” and “on the strangest Sea” but it never leaves her alone and it never asks for a crumb of her, even in the worst conditions.

Concrete images of the poem:

-Feathers -Storm

-Bird -Land

-Sea

Figurative language

Methaphor=Hope is the thing with feathers (bird)

Alliteration = strangest sea, the repetition of “s”

sound.

Personification = Hope perches, sings, and asks

HOPEHOPE IS A BIRD

HOPE IS OBJECTIVELY AN ABSTRACT THING, BUT EMILY CHANGE THIS FACT.

HOPE HAS FEATHERS

HOPE PERCHES IN THE SOULHOPE ASKS, SING, FLY

The poem as a paintArtist: Vincent van GoghPlace: Van Gogh Museumtecnique:  Oil colorPeriod: ImpressionismSubject: Auvers-sur-Oise, Triticum

I associate the Van Gogh’s paint “Wheatfield with Crows” at the Dickinson’s poem, because the subject of the paint is a flock of birds that fly in freedom on a land and this remind me at the desciption of the “hope with feathers” that fly and perches on her heart. In the background we can see a storm that looks like the gale described by Emily in her poem.In both of them we can find the description/illustration of nature.

Personal opinion - conclusion Personally, i really like this poem. I think that

Emily Dickinson is a very good poetry beacuse she works with just some elements that are semplicity, elegance and love of the nature, that make her poems really special.

She created important poems that we will always read gladly.

Like Emily, i love nature and i can pass even hours thinking at it listening to music.