Question

Read Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the Thing with Feathers.”

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

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 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 is the tone of the poem?


playful and joking


worried and troubled


bittersweet and hopeful


forceful and analytical


Description

Answer 1

bittersweet and hopeful. hope is something that we all rely on in life.

Answer 2

Answer:

Option 3, bittersweet and hopeful

Explanation:

Hope is an abstract concept, which can be shaped in several ways. Emily Dickinson decides to attribute the idea of hope characteristics of a bird, which has feathers and "sings the tune without the words". This beautiful piece of poetry has a bittersweet and hopeful tone. The combination of sadness and happiness is a delicate feature of the poem. We can read about the sweetest song or tuning in contrast with the storm and hard conditions on this planet. However, in spite of the harshness of the world, hope has never "asked a crumb of me" which allows the reader to have a light of hope to face adversities.