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He mentions the poem in one of the short stories in the collection. ~ [[User:24.168.57.47|24.168.57.47]] 04:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
He mentions the poem in one of the short stories in the collection. ~ [[User:24.168.57.47|24.168.57.47]] 04:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

"Hope is the thing with feathers. - Emily Dickinson" is printed on the second page, before the chapter listing. Additionally, the first short story features the line "How wrong Emily Dickinson was! The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew; I must take him to a specialist in Zurich." [[User:Froglars the frog|Froglars the frog]] ([[User talk:Froglars the frog|talk]]) 08:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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Allusion in title

What is the basis for assuming that the title is a reference to Emily Dickinson? I would think it could equally easily be an allusion to Aristotle's description of man as a "featherless biped". - Jmabel | Talk 02:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He mentions the poem in one of the short stories in the collection. ~ 24.168.57.47 04:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Hope is the thing with feathers. - Emily Dickinson" is printed on the second page, before the chapter listing. Additionally, the first short story features the line "How wrong Emily Dickinson was! The thing with feathers has turned out to be my nephew; I must take him to a specialist in Zurich." Froglars the frog (talk) 08:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 13:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]