Thus, the two poetesses view hope in a different light. She considers hope as a ‘timid friend’ and as being indifferent to the poet’s struggle. It is an interesting study to know how this poem contrasts the poem ‘Hope’ by Charlotte Bronte. Here, the poetess carries the idea of Hope singing to the next stanza by saying it sings sweet. Enjambment is used to carry an idea from one stanza to another without any pause. The poetess uses a poetic technique called enjambment in this poem. Rather it stands by our side and guides us through our darkest hours. The hope which can fly away anytime leaving us to our problems never does so. It is to be noted that ‘ “Hope” is the thing with feathers-’. Hope pours itself into its songs and lends us a will to challenge our problems. Even at this stage, hope gives everything it can to us and asks nothing in return. The ‘chillest land’ and ‘strangest Sea’ refer to our struggles in life. Hope never leaves us even in our hardships. It is really a wonder how this little bird (hope) keeps us together.

During the hours of storms, hope gives us the warmth to survive the bitter coldness. Though the storm (our hardships and hurdles) snubs this little bird, it never leaves. They remind us of happy moments awaiting us. Their sweet tunes make us forget our bitter experiences. Of all the Gales present in the world, hope sings the sweetest tunes.

It stands there supporting us, lending us strength by its tunes and ceaselessly does this routine. Hope doesn’t utter words of consolation and promises. In America, perhaps only Walt Whitman is her equal in legend and in d. Hope is an abstract feeling and the poet gives this abstract feeling a shape of a bird. Read by Gill Mills-Emily Dickinson is one of the highest regarded poets to ever write. In this poem ‘Hope is the Thing with Feathers’, the poet Emily Dickinson praises hope and brings out its importance. What do you call that which assures you that everything will be fine? What is that makes us believe in a better tomorrow? What is that which lifts us out of our difficulties? The answer is hope.

Hope is the thing with feathers poem