August/September: Stanzas

Question 1

Title

Answer 1

“Hope” is the thing with feathers
By: Emily Dickinson

Question 2

First stanza

Answer 2

“Hope” is the thing with feather-
That perches in the soul-
And sings the tune without the words-
And never stops- at all-

Question 3

Second stanza

Answer 3

And sweetest- in the Gale- is heard-
And sore must be the storm-
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm-

Question 4

Third stanza

Answer 4

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land-
And on the strangest Sea-
Yet- never- in Extremity,
It asked a crumb- of me.