What does hope look like?
akannan Teacher Middle School Editor Emeritus Debater Expert Educator $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); You will find many definitions or visualizations of hope. Given the wide open nature of the question, it will lend itself to such divergence. For my bet, I cannot shake off Emily Dickinson’s description of how hope looks. She uses the metaphor of the bird to describe hope when she says, “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul.” This conception of hope as a bird, capable of flight and nestling in one’s heart and psyche brings to light a vivid picture of hope. She continues to describe it as one that “sings a tune” that is ceaseless. This helps to create hope as a picture where goodness, truth, and beauty are limitless in the song of the bird. As she continues to describe the song of hope and how it it is represented in the form of the bird, her poem concludes with a
