These are divided into sets of two, the first beat of which is unstressed and the second stressed. The odd-numbered lines contain a total of eight syllables. This means that the lines alternate between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. ‘Hope is the Thing with Feathers’ is written in ballad meter, a common meter. The lines break the pattern (in both stanza one and stanza two) but generally, the pattern remains intact. The poem follows a loose rhyme scheme of ABCB, conforming to the expected pattern of a ballad. As per the speaker, this bird never wavers by her side in the coldest of lands and strangest of seas, yet it never demanded a breadcrumb, singing away merrily. Using metaphor, she emphasizes it sings vigorously during a hurricane, requiring a heavy storm to lay the bird in peace. It persists dutifully without a break, singing constantly. Throughout, ‘ Hope is the Thing with Feathers,’ The narrator perceives hope as a bird that resides inside humans.
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