Extended Metaphor
- Emily Dickinson's "Little Bird"
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,
"And sweetest in the gale is heard;
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."
(Emily Dickinson)
This is an example of an extended metaphor. How does the extended metaphor help convey the theme of the poem?
Create a theme statement and select three quotations to support your statement.
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