Mock poem test

Many writers like to give some space to readers and let them define the work on their own. Emily Dikinson was actually one of them. In the poem, “Hope” is the thing with feathers -, she used a metaphor that described hope as a bird. The most interesting part is the last stanza. “I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.” This few lines can be seen both in positive and negative way. 

Firstly, it can be seen from a positive way. “I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea”, this two lines show that hope is always here. Even in the “Chillest land” and “strangest sea”, which refer to extreme difficulties, hope is always with people and encourage them to overcome the difficulties. Also, the lines: “Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.” actually show that hope never asks people for anything. Birds always ask for crumbs, but hope ever does. Like air or sunshine, it’s free and for anybody who needs it. 

Secondly, the same contents can also be appreciated from a negative perspective. The lines: “I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea” actually shows how unreal hope is for the author. In the far “Chillest land” and “strangest sea”, she could only hear it, but she can never reach it. The next lines actually emphasize this point. “Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.”. It is a natural thing for birds to ask food, but weirdly, the “hope” bird never asks the author, though she could always hear it. This actually means that hope is far far away from the author, and it is so unreal for her. She always heard people talking about hope—she could always hear it “in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea”, but “Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.”, the bird never asks food from her, which means she never sees what real hope looks like.