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6th Class English Comprehension (Prose and Poetry) Question Bank Comprehension (Prose and Poetry)

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    POEM ? 4 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, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity. It asked a crumb of me. Emily Dickinson The observation 'perches in the soul' refers to human

    A) spirituality                   

    B) worries

    C) disappointment           

    D) expectation

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Expectation or hope. The subject is hope and that the bird metaphor is only defining hope. Whatever is being said of the bird applies to hope or in human perspective, and the application to hope is Dickinson's point in this poem.


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