Answer:
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"Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson. 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. Which is true about this poem? Select 3 options.
This poem contains an extended metaphor.
This poem is a tribute to a small bird.
This poem directly compares unlike things.
This poem compares a feeling to an animal.
This poem uses similes to compare objects.
The correct answers are options A, B, and D.
Explanation:
"Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson is an extended metaphor that transforms hopes into birds, the very one present in the human soul.
An extended metaphor is a comparison between two dissimilar objects or ideas that continuously run throughout sentences in paragraphs. To create a clearer comparison between two ideas, the authors use an extended metaphor.
Other examples of an extended metaphor include William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and in his play, "As you like".
