Where can I look to find literary criticism on Emily Dickinson's "Hope" peom?
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You find plenty of examples of people (most of them amateurs) giving their opinion on this poem simply by using the search engine google.com and search on the text strings "emily dickinson"  and "hope" -- or, better still, "emily dickinson"  and "thing with feathers". \n\nHowever, if you want a link to some REAL literary criticism I suggest you go to the Dickinson pages of the Online Literary Criticism Collection. It's a personal favourite of mine, though perhaps a bit too "academic"  for a school essay. Anyway, here it is: http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=dic-61
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looks at it.\n\n\nBut I'm finding that there are confilcts over who said it originally.  I have found both Emerson and Thoreau as being quoted.
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Post the poem or at least a link to it, and be more specific about what you need help analyzing.
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LOOK NO FURTHER...............\n\nTwo comprehensive sites that cover loads of works by loads of authors, such as theme, character analysis, so on and so forth.\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/lit\n\nhttp://www.cliffsnotes.com/wileycda/litn...\n\nOnce there navigate around and use the search facility to find what you need. Highly recommended. Good Luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
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check out www.darterpress.com
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A good site that covers lots of works by different authors, it includes, Themes, Character analysis, and explains every thing that you are ever going to need to answer literature questions.\n\nhttp://sparknotes.com/literature\n\nType in the title of the book and navigate around until you find what you need.\n\nGood luck.
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I would definately try out www.sparknotes.com that's where I get most of my info for english class. And they usually have a section called "important quotes explained"
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Her opening sentence/paragraph should be about what her paper is about. Email me and I can help--I'm an English teacher.
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Maybe collect some photos or other artwork (digital images of course) that go with the imagery in the poem, timed to an audio track of you or someone else reading selected passages. \n\nIf you also have to give background info, images of Whitman, the first edition of the book, etc. might be useful with bullet points outlining key themes, dates, facts, quotes, interpretations, or whatever you feel is most important.
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http://www.poetry.com
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http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-roots/, that is not free, 7.99$, but that's completely worth it. \nIncludes chapter summaries, character analysis, themes, style, historical context, critical overview (essays), criticism, media adaptations, compare and contrast, topics for further study, and more. Hope, that'll help you :)
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What do *you* think?  \n\nLiterary criticism is worth nothing until you learn to form your own opinions of creative works.  I can tell you what *I* think but how are you going to know if I'm right unless you try and sort it out for yourself?\n\nUpdate: Actually I don't think much of this poem. It's far too literal and falls into plain diatribe by the end.  But anyway, update your question with your own opinions and I'll tell you if I think you're on the right track.\n\nUpdate: NO!  You're off to a great start!  Excellent thinking!  \n\nConsider the rock, the river, and the tree are obviously not supposed to be literally a rock, river, and tree, but metaphors. What do they stand for?  What are the characteristics of each?  What are the differences between them?  What is the promise of each?\n\nHint:  The rock never changes but provides a solid base.  The river flows and provides life-giving water.  The tree grows and always changes and gives comfort and shade.  What three things are also related like this?  One never changing below us, one always flowing by us, and the last always growing above us?\n\nOnce you see these the rest of the poem makes a lot more sense.\n\nAs for "tone", look for repetitive sounds in the poem.  What words rhyme?  What words repeat?  What vowel sounds are repeated?  Repetition and rhyme are used to emphasize certain words -- do you see any patterns?\n\nFinally most scholars interpret this poem to be a celebration of diversity and united effort, not necessarily about everyone having a second chance.  But I suppose that's a possibly sub-theme of the poem.\n\nUpdate: if you want more help please post in my 360 page.  This forum doesn't work well for repeated postings.
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http://www.film-critiques.com/JerseyGirl1.html
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Editorial reviews can be found here:\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com
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Try: www.quotationspage.com
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sorry, i searched poetry sites,quotation sites, by author,firstlines,subject. best i can think of is contact nearest university library or professor of lit. wish you luck, it sounds like a really heartfelt poem. sure wish i knew it.
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There are a ton of websites that have information on Twain, also google his real name "Samuel Langhorne Clemens." The websites will give you places that you could actually go to find books. He is one of this country's treasures, and there has been a lot of literary analysis and criticism of  his works. Any library would have some of his works and books and articles by people who have analyzed his work.