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“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” is a short poem by the nineteenth-century American poet Emily Dickinson
. Written in a hymn-like form, the poem consists of a single sentence in which the speaker preaches on the unwavering nature of hope. Although it does exhibit some of the strangeness that often characterizes Dickinson’s verse, the poem is a relatively simple expression of hope’s perennial power. Yet its simplicity is also arguably what has made the poem endure. Since its initial publication in 1891, it has been set to music many times, perhaps most famously by the composer Susan LaBarr, who arranged the text for women’s choir and piano.Read the free full text, a summary & analysis, an analysis of the speaker, and explanations of famous quotes from "'Hope' is the thing with feathers."
