Emily Dickinson "Hope" is the Thing With Feathers- In "Hope" is the Thing With Feathers, she uses many of her techniques to make the poem more lively and fun to read. In this poem, Emily Dickinson uses an irregular rhyming scheme of "abcb." This means that in each of the three stanzas, the second and the fourth line rhymes with each other. Along with her irregular rhymes, she uses irregular punctuation to direct her readers …showed first 75 words of 1116 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1116 total…get past our problems Family is another symbol of hope because people turn to their families for comfort and safety. Family can also give hope when people are feeling discouraged. People also turn to success for hope as is symbolized by the money. Success gives some people satisfaction because they need not to worry about being in poverty. People are also filled with hope by having success because they have the means to sustain themselves.