The three poems "Hope is a thing with feathers," "There's been a death in the opposite house," and "I shall know why when time is over" are all spectacular examples of Emily Dickinson's writing ability. "Hope is a thing with feathers" uses metaphors to turn hope into a bird that can not be hurt. "There's been a death in the opposite house" is about a neighbor who is looking out her window and watching all …showed first 75 words of 785 total…

…showed last 75 words of 785 total…that nothing is wrong. They hope everything is OK and will remain OK. Even if something bad has occurred everyone hopes that everything will be OK in the end. These three poems have very different themes but still have something in common. Emily Dickinson showed human characteristics in all these poems and many of her others works. This is proof that several poems may seem to have nothing in common, but still have similar characteristics.