1. Wednesdays words
September 20, 2017

2. Slide 1
The poet uses the words “gale” and “storm” as metaphors. What might these words represent?
A. hard or painful times
B. pleasant times
C. times of bad weather
times of success and growth
What does the poet describe as the thing with feathers?
Soul
Life
Song
Hope
What does the word “abash” most nearly mean, based on line 8?
To confuse
To support
To surprise
To silence
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, 10
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

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