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Expect to Hope

            Hope is a desire accompanied by expectation of fulfillment and gives promise for .
             One poem about hope called "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers" is written by .
             Emily Dickenson. The other one called "Hope" is written by Lisel Mueller. In these two .
             poems hope is given concrete characteristics. Although these two poems are different, .
             they share similarities as well.
             In the poem by Emily Dickenson "the thing with feathers" and "perches in the .
             soul" indicates that hope is compared to a bird. In the second stanza hope exists even in .
             the storm. The author feels that hope can easily be lost because hope does not depend on .
             the circumstance, it depends on the person inside. The words at the end of each line .
             rhyme in a distant way.
             In the poem by Lisel Mueller hope is being compared to a bird, it simply is a .
             concrete thing itself. Hope occurs in everything from darkness to the eyes on a potato. .
             Hope is a unique gift to humans because it cannot be destroyed. Repetition and imagery .
             are present. This is a lyric poem. Even though the words do not rhyme, every line has the .
             same beat.
             These poems are similar in that they both describe hope as something that is .
             concrete. They are both full of imagery. Hope exists in everything according to these .
             poems. Mueller's poem is more successful because it explains and describes hope in .
             detail and more distinctly. Hope is something that both authors use to bring assurance and .
             optimism. .
            


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2. Hope Scholarship

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3. Hoping.... Wishing....

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5. A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind

She tithes the expected 10 percent of her hard-earned minimum-wage salary, cooks for church functions, and attends weekday evening services. Cedric prays, sings well, and knows scripture so well that when a teacher misquotes Hebrews 11:1, saying: "The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen," Cedric corrects him with the actual phrase: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ... Minus this quiet internal battle, Hope is rhetoric. ... Hope clearly serves that ideal. ... Too often A Hope in the Unseen engages Cedric's story with a quixotic amazement....

  • Word Count: 978
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6. A Hope in the Unseen

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