Emily Dickinson's poems in translation/Polish/Hope is the Thing with Feathers

The history of the poem
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers is believed to have been written in 1861. It was initially published posthumously in the second collection of Dickinson’s work, Poems by Emily Dickinson, second series, in 1891. It was also published in Thomas H. Johnson's edition with number 254 and in Ralph W. Franklin's editions with number 314.

The poem - text

 * The manuscript version of the poem


 * Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mable Loomis Todd's edition


 * Thomas H. Johnson's edition

A comparison of all versions:
 * R.W.Franklin's editions
 * The manuscript vs. Editions

Scansion

 * Scansion of the poem

Criticism

 * "Hope" is the thing with feathers on Sparknotes.com
 * Analysis of the poem on Youtube (a film by the user Raja Scharma)
 * Analysis of the poem (by Karen Fajardo)
 * Analysis of the poem (by Ana Sofia Maldonado Villarreal)
 * Analysis of the poem on Genius.com
 * Analysis of the poem on The Prowling Bee blog
 * Essay on "Hope" is the thing with feathers by Sean Robisch

Translations
Each of the Polish translations of the poem is presented along with its back translation and the original poem in a table. In that way every user of this page has an opportunity to learn whether the translators succeeded in rendering the imagery present in Dickinson’s poem or whether the imagery changed and to what extent.
 * Stanisław Barańczak's translation


 * Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna's translation


 * Ludmiła Marjańska's translation

Analyses of the translations

 * Analysis of Stanisław Barańczak's translation
 * Analysis of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna's translation
 * Analysis of Ludmiła Marjańska's translation