Analyzing Hope in Dickinson's Poem

Read the poem below carefully:

Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all,

and sweetest in the gale is heard;
and sore must be the storm
that could abash the little bird
that kept so many warm.

In this poem by Emily Dickinson, the image of ‘hope’ is compared to a bird. Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how Dickinson uses literary elements to convey the theme of hope. Use specific examples from the poem to support your analysis.