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Read the excerpt from the poem "Hope is a Thing with Feathers," by Emily Dickinson.


Hope is a thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the song without the words

And never stops at all,

What is the implied theme of this poem?



the strength of hope



the innocence of youth



the struggle of life



the power of dreams

Verified Answer :


I think that it is the strength of hope.

Answer: A) The strength of hope.

Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is  what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. Usually this belief, or idea, is universal and transcends cultural barriers. In the given excerpt from the poem "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" we can see developed the theme of the strength of hope, in the way the speaker describes how it never stops and perches in the soul.