Emily Dickinson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow both used symbolism to build on the overall messages of their poems. For Dickinson, it was the “Hope is the thing with Feathers”, and for Longfellow, it was “The tide rises the tide falls”. Both Dickinson and Longfellow use symbolism in their poems even though their message are different the use of the symbolism strengthens the message of their poem. "Hope is the thing with feathers” is the first line Dickinson uses in her poem as well as the title she is using the bird as a symbol to represent hope more specifically she doesn't say hope is “a” bird instead she uses “the” bird. “The tide rises, the tide falls,” like Dickinson; Longfellow uses his first a line to set up the main point theme
