How according to the poetess can courage quell despair?
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What though Death at times steps in
And calls our Best away ?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O’er hope, a heavy sway ?
Yet hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she fell;
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.
Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair
Explanation:
The final stanza is the longest of this poem and conquers the more daunting part of life, death. The first two complete sentences of this stanza are questions in which the speaker is basically asking,”so what?” So what if “Death at times steps in…?” So what if “sorrow seems to win?” These things are temporary. The speaker is acknowledging that these things exist but she is not allowing them to sway her.
The fifth line of this stanza is more hopefully. She describes hope as having “elastic springs.” Even though “she fell” in sorrow, she will bounce back up again in hope. Her “golden wings” are still “strong” and “buoyant” and will be able to “bear us well.” This character in the poem can be representing the poet herself, or perhaps someone she knows quite personally and has depending on for support in the past, a mother or sister figure. The last four lines of the poem speak of strength in which the speaker is promoting living “fearlessly” and “manfully” (as a strong man would live).
She concludes with, when one’s day of “trial” comes (this could be simply one’s most challenging day or the end times itself in which one will be judged by God) be victorious in courage. No despair can quell the victory one feels when holding on to hope; nothing can touch it, not even death.
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