Emily Dickinson "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" Poetry Analysis Virtual Print
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You'll love teaching this delightful poem! This lesson guides students through a detailed analysis of Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers." After analyzing it, students can then write their own poem of hope or a poem about an abstract noun.
Both digital and print versions here, so you're ready for any classroom setting!
There are ten parts to this lesson:
- Author research
- Vocabulary - study and synonym activity
- Paraphrase - line by line
- Paraphrase by stanza
- Examining diction
- Analyzing an extended metaphor
- Bloom's taxonomy comprehension questions (these can be used as an assessment or for whole-class discussion)
- Literary analysis writing prompt
- Step-by-step directions for writing an original poem of hope
- Step-by-step directions for writing an abstract concept poem
Also included:
- Answer key
- Rubric
Finished poems can be illustrated and displayed.
I never tire of this poem! I love to teach it and am always surprised and delighted by class discussions and the poems my students write in response to it. This is a great poem to teach any time of year.
Please see the preview to check it out in detail!
This 1861 version of "Hope is the Thing With Feathers" is in the public domain.
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