Poetry · Character
Hope
Personified virtue, often deferred or patient.
minor
First appearance: hope deferred summer is come again the sun is bright
Hope shows up with force in The Death of the Old Year. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Personified as a farewell figure who promises to meet again in the deathless land.
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In The Death of the Old Year: Personified as a farewell figure who promises to meet again in the deathless land. Later, in In February:…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Allegorical and Named Characters
- Religious and Mythological Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Hope appears across 8 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- The Death of the Old Year
- In February
- December 27, 1879
- God; Not Gift
- A Father to a Mother
- Approaches
- Travellers’ Song
- Hope Deferred: Where Is Thy Crown, O Tree of Love?
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See Hope in hope deferred summer is come again the sun is bright