Read this excerpt from “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson. Which two words from this excerpt show how Dickinso
n presented most of the nouns in her poems? “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—
Emily Dickinson talked a lot about <em>nature</em>. In this excerpt from "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" the nouns<em> storm and bird</em> are presented.
Bird (<em>represents </em><em>Hope </em><em> that never stops, is sweetest in the Gale, and keep so many warm</em>): "'Hope' is the thing with feathers"; "that perches in the soul"; "sings the tune without words"
Storm (<em>an agitated </em><em>soul </em>): "And sore must be the storm --that could abash the little Bird.
In this passage, Douglass does say he knows he left on a Saturday but did not know what day of the month or the year it was. He also knew terms of a ship because he used them the passage.
