Hope Is a Thing with Feathers

What technique does the author use to describe hope?

• alliteration
• extended metaphor
• simile
• stanzas

What is the extended metaphor in this poem?

• A bash is compared to a bird
• A storm is a complication
• Hope is compared to a bird
• Perching is compared to the soul

The poet uses the words "gale" and "storm" as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• Times of bad weather
• Hard or painful times
• Pleasant Times
• Times of success and growth

Hope is important and helpful in times of pain, sorrow, or difficulty.
Which lines from the poem best supports this statement?

• Lines 1-2
• Lines 3-4
• Lines 5-8
• Lines 11-12

The poet says that hope "sings the tune without the words." Why might the poet have written that the tune has no words?

• To emphasize that hope does not need to be put into words to be felt
• to point out that it is very difficult for people to express whether they feel hopeful or not
• To suggest that people are usually unable to understand the feeling of hope
• To indicate that people who are always hopeful are also often forgetful

What is the theme of this poem?

• People need to work hard in order to maintain hope at all times.
• Hope is able to keep people warm even in the coldest, stormiest lands.
• Hope can survive through even the toughest times.
• Without hope, people would be much more sensible and realistic. 

Read these lines from the poem:
^{And sore must be the storm 
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.}
What does the word "abash" most nearly mean, based on these lines?

• To confuse
• To support
• To praise
• To silence

Read these lines from the poem 
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. 
What does "it" refer to in the last line?

• The little bird
• The storm
• The chillest land
• The strangest sea