Hope is a strange invention —
A Patent of the Heart —
In unremitting action
Yet never wearing out —
Of this electric Adjunct
Not anything is known
But its unique momentum
Embellish all we own —
Hope is a strange invention —
Analysis, meaning and summary of Emily Dickinson's poem Hope is a strange invention —
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Emily Dickinson gives one a wonderful idea of what hope really is. Although we cannot see or hold hope, it is what runs our lives and gives meaning to everything we do.