Question

Read this line from the poem and answer the question.

Answer 1

A. the speakers doubts about herself

Answer 2

Answer:

Hi!

The answer to your question is option A. The speaker refers to her doubts about herself.

Explanation:

To understand what this line means, we should analyze the paragraph surrounding the line. In the poem “The Courage that my mother had”, this would be

“Oh, if instead she’d left to me

The things she took into the grave!-

That courage like a rock,

Which she has no more need of and I have”

Like we can see, the author is speaking of her mother’s courage, a quality of hers she admires, and a quality that she seems to lack. This can be seen second and fourth line, where the author of the poem says that she wishes her mom would’ve taught her how to have courage or impart her some of it. This shows that the author does not have courage herself and most likely deals with self doubt and insecurities. Therefore, the answer is A.