Question

This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.



Part A

Which additional lines would BEST continue the stanza to maintain the imagery of
continuous song and the hopeful mood conveyed by the poet?

Group of answer choices

Its trembling notes grow faint with rain, Too weary now to sing again.

It hides away when storms appear, Its voice replaced by doubt and fear

It sings through night and wind and pain, Its steady tune a sweet refrain.

It folds its wings when tempests roar, And rests until the clouds are o'er.

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Part B


If the poet wanted to add a rhyme scheme to the stanza, which of the following line pairs
could BEST fit while maintaining the reflective tone? (Select TWO Answer Choices)

Group of answer choices

It falters when the nigh grows deep, And fades into the hush of sleep.

Through storm or calm it still will sing, Its steady notes awakening.

No gale can hush its quiet tune, That echoes softly under moon.

Its feather droop, its song is done, No light remains beneath the sun.

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In "Hope is the Thing with Feathers," how does Dickinson develop the speaker's
perspective?
Group of answer choices

By comparing hope to a bird that continues to sing through storms, Dickinson reveals the speaker's belief that hope is constant and endures even in hardship.

By depicting hope as a steady, selfless force that "never asks a crumb," Dickinson emphasizes the speaker's belief in hope's generosity and independence.

By describing hope as a song that fades in the wind, Dickinson suggests the speaker views hope as easily lost in adversity.

By portraying hope as a quiet presence that hides in the soul, Dickinson shows that the speaker sees hope as fragile and uncertain.

Answer 1

Part A
- It sings through night and wind and pain, Its steady tune a sweet refrain.

Reason: This continues the bird/song imagery and keeps the hopeful, persistent tone.

Part B (choose TWO)
- Through storm or calm it still will sing, Its steady notes awakening.
- No gale can hush its quiet tune, That echoes softly under moon.

Reason: Both maintain the reflective, hopeful tone and provide end-rhyme/near-rhyme that could form a rhyme scheme while fitting the poem's imagery.

Final question (How does Dickinson develop the speaker's perspective?)
- By comparing hope to a bird that continues to sing through storms, Dickinson reveals the speaker's belief that hope is constant and endures even in hardship.