Of course hope is not literally a thing with feathers, it’s a metaphor comparing hope to song birds.
And the crumbs are a metaphor for feeding the hope. The choice of crumbs here is because people feed birds crumbs.
The weather comparisons are easily seen as comparisons because of the commonality of using weather as a metaphor for emotions and also how people describe events.
As a mentioned before, different strokes for different folks. You may not like it and that’s fine, and I like it which is also fine. Not everything can appeal to everyone.
If you feel you could do better feel free to write poetry and share it with the world. I’m sure you’ll find an audience for your work just as her work found an audience.
![Hope by Emily Dickinson [Rule]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Hope_is_the_thing_with_feathers%2C_1891.jpg){kind=link}
Of course hope is not literally a thing with feathers, it’s a metaphor comparing hope to song birds.
And the crumbs are a metaphor for feeding the hope. The choice of crumbs here is because people feed birds crumbs.
The weather comparisons are easily seen as comparisons because of the commonality of using weather as a metaphor for emotions and also how people describe events.
As a mentioned before, different strokes for different folks. You may not like it and that’s fine, and I like it which is also fine. Not everything can appeal to everyone.
If you feel you could do better feel free to write poetry and share it with the world. I’m sure you’ll find an audience for your work just as her work found an audience.