Question

what does the poet wonder about in the first stanza of the poem Nation strength?

Answer 1

in this poem the poet makes several questions to clarify what he wants say. In the very beginning he equates a country to a big building. Then he put a question as to what are the things which make pillar high and foundation very strong. what are the challenge it's enemies who have crowded around it.
this is the explanation of first stanza.

Answer 2

In the first stanza, the poet wonders on the things that makes a nation's pillars high and to have a strong foundations. He also wonders what makes them strong enough to defy its enemies that surround it from all sides