Read the excerpt from the poem "hope is a thing with feathers," by emily dickinson.

hope is a thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
and sings the song without the words
and never stops at all,

what is the implied theme of this poem?

the struggle of life

the power of dreams

the innocence of youth

the strength of hope

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.

In “we wear the mask,” which message is conveyed by dunbar’s repetition of the phrase “we wear the mask”?

Tobias wolff most likely named his short story "mortals" because the story explores the theme of people coming to terms with the idea that one day they too will die. wanting to find out what their loved ones really think of them. achieving immortalit by being "big people" while they are alive. hoping that they will have accomplished something before they die.