Read the extracts given be1ow and answer the questions that follow :
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -
(a) Name the poem and the poet.
(b) To what does the poet compare hope ?
(c) Where does hope dwell ?
(d) What is remarkable about the tune of hope ?
(e) Explain : And never stops - at all.
(a) The poem is “Hope” and the poet is “Emily Dickinson”
(b) The poet compares hope to a bird that sings. This is a metaphorical description where a quality is being demonstrated as a physical being.
(c) The poet says that hope dwells in the soul of every living being.
(d) The poet says that hope resides in the soul and sings a song which has no words.
(e) In the lines preceding the one that is given above, the poet has used a metaphor and describes hope as a bird that sings. In the given line, the poet says that hope sings a song endlessly i.e. it always singing without getting tired. This is actually a representation that ‘hope never dies in the heart; it never ceases to exist’.
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