"Hope is the thing with feathers" By Emily Dickinson. "Hope is the thing with feathers"is one of Emily Dickinson’s most famous poems, capturing the essence of hope in metaphorical terms. Written in 1861, the poem is structured in three quatrains and follows an ABCB rhyme scheme, which is common in Dickinson’s work. Stanza One The poem opens with a metaphor that likens hope to a bird: "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops -

Have you listened to 'The Lost Birds' by Christopher Tin yet? We've been singing this a cappella version of 'Hope Is A Thing With Feathers' from the work for a while in our live concerts, so here it is for our online audience too. Poetry by Emily Dickinson. | Voces8

This Painting is based on a Poem by Emily Dickinson titled, “Hope Is A Thing With Feathers” “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. The original painting sold but I have prints availabl