![]() (Or perhaps I’ve just seen too many Marvel movies recently.) ![]() Now, tell me that doesn’t sound like a super power. The more savage the world becomes, the more we see of the power of “Hope” until we reach its ultimate strength: it always gives itself freely. The speaker even literally calls it ‘Extremity’. In the third stanza, a separate person “I” is introduced, who can hear the bird and observe it as a separate entity, which lead me to assume that their bird no longer (solely) lives within them.Īs our perspective shifts, the world around the bird becomes increasingly violent and dangerous: we move from a storm to a cold land and a strange sea. If we follow the traditional conception of the soul as something inside us, we see that the second stanza moves the bird outwards from the soul into the open air. ![]() The first stanza takes place within this space. In the first stanza, “Hope” is presented as a small bird that is always singing within our souls. ![]() The way it is set up also gives me the mental image of a beam of superhuman strength bursting out of me. ![]() This lovely, comforting poem uses the extended metaphor of a bird to show the power of hope. Stay tuned for the poem in Dickinson’s own handwriting. When the going gets tough, the tough read uplifting poetry. ![]()
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