"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 the 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--
Yes - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
Which analysis of this poem's prosody (pattern of rhythm and sound) is accurate?
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2 points
The rhyme scheme is ABAB.
The poem uses rhyme but does not repeat the sme rhyme scheme in every stanza.
The rhyme scheme is AABB.
The poem has no rhyme.
1 answer
The correct analysis of the poem's prosody is: The poem uses rhyme but does not repeat the same rhyme scheme in every stanza.
Emily Dickinson's poem features varying rhyme patterns throughout its stanzas, rather than maintaining a consistent rhyme scheme like ABAB or AABB.
