There is also a writing challenge at the bottom, providing students the opportunity to write their own fourth stanza of "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers" in the same style and theme as the original! The last page provides a simple strategy for determining theme in a poem - a graphic organizer that asks students to write several quotes from the poem (text evidence) and use it to infer a deeper meaning or message that the poet wants readers to learn about hope. This worksheet is designed as a bird house graphic organizer to help students visualize the poem's bird imagery. The second page focuses on extended metaphor, challenging students to break it down into individual bird metaphors and think about what each line means about hope. This page also asks students to identify several examples of rhyme and alliteration. Tricky words are one of the biggest hurdles to students understanding Dickinson's poetry, so I tackle them first five challenging words are defined and incorporated into thoughtful questions about the poem's meaning. The first page includes a copy of the poem and guides students to understand the poem and its meaning through new vocabulary.
This resource includes the following digital versions:ĭon't miss the complete Emily Dickinson Poetry Activities Bundle! Theme in poems can be challenging to teach, but these poem activities make it easy! Use one of the most beautiful Emily Dickinson poems to introduce tricky vocabulary, analyze examples of figurative language (specifically the extended metaphor of hope as a bird), and determine theme using details from the poem.
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