"'Hope' is the thing with feathers -" (1862) Emily Dickinson

Question 1

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

Answer 1

That perches in the soul -

Question 2

And sings a tune without the words -

Answer 2

And never stops - at all -

Question 3

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

Answer 3

And sore must be the storm -

Question 4

That could abash the little Bird

Answer 4

That kept so many warm -

Question 5

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

Answer 5

And on the strangest Sea -

Question 6

Yet - never - in Extremity

Answer 6

It asked a crumb - of me.