Hope Is The Thing With Feathers By Emily Dickinson Analysis

Every morning is the same routine. An individual gets up, brush his or her teeth, gets dressed, goes to school, goes to work, eat dinner, and then goes back to sleep. It might not be exactly the same, but people across the world face this similar daily routine. In some cases, this routine will cause one to lose hope; a feeling of expectation for something to happen. Hope will descend within an individual because at times, this may feel like the only path his or she will always follow. Emily Dickinson, an American poet, explains the intangible sense of hope in our bodies in her poem, "Hope is the thing with Feathers." Dickinson emphasizes that hope is within every individual and whether we can't physically touch it, it is still something that we can rely on. She explores hope that defeats misery through the use of metaphors, contrast, and imagery. In the
Facing any sort of big obstacle could hurt a bird because of the size. Dickinson exemplifies a fragile bird versus a violent storm. For instance, in the second stanza, "the Gale" (line 5) could "abash the little bird" (974). The little bird continues to stand bravely as the fierce storm is coming. Like the bird, hope also preserves during the roughest times. This hope "kept so many warm" (line 8) as it creates a sense of opportunity. The small fragile bird represents mankind, while the violent storm represents the rough times. Dickinson is then conveying that hope is residing inside of everyone and that hope is always standing tall. This hope is powerful against the rough times. Hope enables individuals to keep reaching towards the future and the “not yet.” That is to not give up just yet, or this isn’t finished yet. Optimism can be attached to an idea and at that moment, hope is the most important factor to the human existence. This is how hope manages to keep the individual warm. It is constantly becoming the most important factor in a