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Fill in the spaces appropriately:

'HOPE' is represented in words like The 'PAIN' of life is represented in words like


1 ………………………………………………….. 1. ……………………………………………………


2…………………………………………………….. 2. …………………………………………………..


3…………………………………………………….. 3. ……………………………………………………

Hope is represented in words like – ‘thing with feathers that perches in the soul’, ‘sweetest in the Gale is heard’, ‘kept so many warm’

Pain is represented in words like – ‘Gale’, ‘Extremity’, ‘chillest land and strangest sea’


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Based on your understanding of the poem and the given visuals, answer the following questions briefly. Do this individually, in a word or two.

a) To what does the poet, compare the bird?


b) Where does the bird perch?


c) What is a 'gale'?


d) What does the 'gale' represent in the poem?


e) Why is hope "endless"?


f) How can a song keep a person "warm"?

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a) Complete suitably


b) Why does Dickinson say 'Yet, never, in Extremity, It asked a crumb of Me!'

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The poet has used 'dashes' as punctuation marks rather than a 'full stop' or a 'comma' in her poem. Explain why?

 2

In the poem, Imagery is used explicitly. Pick out an image in each stanza and explain.