Read the following poem:
"Hope Is The Thing With Feathers" by Emily Dickinson, 1891.
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.
What is the author's purpose and how does it shape the content and delivery?
O She wrote an extended definition of hope to help people understand how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
O She compared hope to a bird in order to encourage wildlife conservation.
O She defined hope in a poem because she knew more people would read a book of poetry than a dictionary.
O She created a powerful image of a small bird singing through a storm because she wanted readers to feel the power of hope