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Zora Shipochka

Hope is the thing with feathers (254)- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - 0 views

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assignment poem Dickinson hope

shared by Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Hope
    • Zora Shipochka
      Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10
       
      The subject is hope and the bird metaphor is only defining hope.
  • is the thing with feathers
  • And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all,
    • Zora Shipochka
      Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10
       
      The bird "sings" and "never stops"- hope is always possible.
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  • And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm
  • little bird
    • Zora Shipochka
      Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10
       
      Dickinson defines hope by comparing it to a bird (a metaphor).
    • Zora Shipochka
      Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10
       
      Dickinson defines hope by using a metaphor - she compares it to a bird.
  • Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
    • Zora Shipochka
      Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10
       
      Even in the most critical circumstances the bird never asked for a reward in return for its support.
    • Zora Shipochka
      Zora Shipochka on 28 Nov 10
       
      Even in the most critical circumstances the bird never asked for a reward in return for its support.
Elizabeth Murray

Powerful Poems Assignment Fall 2012 - 28 views

Hi! http://diigo.com/0ued6 My poem is by author Billy Collins who served as US poet laureate from 2000 to 2003. This poem is called Forgetfulness, and I love it because I don't feel as thou...

diigo assignment poetry poem poems

started by Annette Lamb on 12 Aug 12 9 follow-ups, last by Elizabeth Murray on 19 Nov 12
Maggie Ansty

Wild Nights - 0 views

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dickinson

shared by Maggie Ansty on 21 Nov 10 - No Cached
    • Maggie Ansty
      Maggie Ansty on 21 Nov 10
       
      Contrast of being at sea and being in port represents contrast of safety and danger/longing.
    • Maggie Ansty
      Maggie Ansty on 21 Nov 10
       
      The langauge and rhyme scheme of the poem give the poem a feeling of great motion.
  • Futile – the winds –
    • Maggie Ansty
      Maggie Ansty on 21 Nov 10
       
      wind=uncertainty, longing
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  • To a heart in port –
    • Maggie Ansty
      Maggie Ansty on 21 Nov 10
       
      port=safety, stability
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