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    Why Are Feathers Pink?

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    lived a family. Everyone in the family has white feathers‚ except for the grandmother. Little bird is sitting on her bed waiting for her grandma to tell her a bedtime story. Grandma: So‚ what kind of story do you want me to tell tonight? Little bird: Grandma‚ can you tell me why are your feathers pink? Grandma: This is a long story. It begins with….. Once upon a time‚ on an island far away called Pixa. There lived two creatures‚ the humans‚ and the birds. A magical place where the sky is always blue

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    anticipation. In Emily Dickinson’s famous poem‚ “Hope is the thing with feathers‚” she interprets these definitions and adds her own meaning. The first two lines in the first stanza state‚ “Hope is the thing with feathers- / That perches in the soul-”. Dickinson is metaphorically suggesting that “hope” is a bird‚ which lives within all people. The next two lines “And sings the tune without words- / And never stops-at all-” indicate the bird that lives within everyone continuously sings‚ even when the toughest

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    the birds

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    gate to mend‚ at the far end of the peninsula‚ where the sea surrounded the farmland on either side. Then‚ at midday‚ he would pause and eat the meat pie his wife had baked for him and‚ sitting on the cliff’s edge‚ watch the birds. In autumn great flocks of them came to the peninsula‚ restless‚ uneasy‚ spending themselves in motion; now wheeling‚ circling the sky; now settling to feed on the rich‚ new-turned soil; but even when they fed‚ it was as though they did so without

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    “Hope” is the thing with feathers by 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 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 Dickinson defines hope by comparing it to a bird (a metaphor) . Stanza

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    Feather Boy

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    death-bed‚ dying from cancer‚ she composes many different adventures for Robert to experience. Nobel finds himself climbing up the creeping stairs of the Chance House‚ fighting Jonathan Niker‚ sneaking around the house and creating a sweater full of feathers‚ all in the hopes that he would be able to save Mrs. Edith Sorrel’s life. I could categorize this book as realistic fiction for although it has not happened in real life‚ it does certainly have realistic characteristics that could occur in real life

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    "Hope is the Thing With Feathers‚" is the VI part of a much larger poem called "Life." The poem examines the abstract idea of hope in the free spirit of a bird. Dickinson uses imagery‚ metaphor‚ to help describe why "Hope is the Thing With Feathers." In the first stanza‚ "Hope is the Thing With Feathers‚" Dickinson uses the metaphorical image of a bird to describe the abstract idea of hope. Hope‚ of course‚ is not an animate thing‚ it is inanimate‚ but by giving hope feathers‚ she begins to create

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    Hope is the Thing with Feathers In Emily Dickenson’s poem‚ Hope‚ she uses poetic device’s to describe hope as being like a bird. Birds are usually symbolized as being courageous and having a free soul to roam the skies. Therefore to compare hope to being like a bird was a wise choice for Dickenson because those who choose to be hopeful will have a necessity to have courage deep within them. Dickenson begins her poem with this vague statement that “Hope is the thing with feathers” (line 1). She refers

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    “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” In the poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson the contrast between the struggles‚ or darkness in life‚ and the hope that brings people through those struggles is the main focus. Hope is a feeling; it is a desire that drives people through even the most nightmarish situations. It is the expectation that everything will be okay‚ to trust there is a possibility for a brighter outcome. Having hope is to dream and have the courage to believe this

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    Hope is the thing with feathers By: Emily Dickinson In her poem‚ Emily Dickinson communicates that hope is like a bird because of its free and independent spirit. Hope is similar to a bird in its ability to bring comfort and consolation. Dickinson uses techniques such as extended metaphor and imagery to describe hope throughout her poem. The poem is introduced with‚ “Hope is the thing with feathers.” Dickinson’s use of the word “thing” denotes that hope is something abstract and vague. By

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    Birds

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    Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were

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