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Emily Dickinson Hope
Hope is something positive., It is when you want something to happen, or a feeling of trust. It is almost like a wish since you have a goal or a plan. Thankfully Emily Dickinson has created a poem called hope which is about hope. Hope has saved so many people, and yet lives in dangerous areas like a storm. Emily Dickinson's poem “Hope” shows the theme “There can be hope in any situation”, through the use of similes, symbolism, and imagery.

First, similes is a good way to compare and express one thing to another, usually making it more descriptive and vivid. As the poem states “Hope is a thing with feathers, / That perches the soul, / and sings the tune-without the words,”(1-4). Emily Dickinson clearly states in her poem that it is describing some kind of bird. It is most likely a songbird as it sings a tune. It matches the theme as there areis always birds around the world,giving it gives our the planet more life to it with these avians flying around, perching on trees, and singing.
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Stated hown in the poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul” (1-3). The quote describes hope as some kind of bird in the poem. Symbolism defines describes each species of bird with a different meaning, but most have one thing in common, They all represent any situation in life, since there are so many species of birds. For example canary's means joy and cardinal’s show nobility. Basically hope is found anywhere of what you are doing since the meaning represents species of

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