Question

Which lines from "The Courage That My Mother Had" help to convey the poem's mood of sadness and longing?


A.

"Oh, if instead she'd left to me / The thing she took into the grave!—"

B.

"Rock from New England quarried; / Now granite in a granite hill."

C.

"I have no thing I treasure more: / Yet, it is something I could spare."


D.


"The courage that my mother had / Went with her, and is with her still:"

Answer 1

Answer: D The courage that my mother had/ Went with her, and is with her still

Among the lines stated above, it is the line in letter D from the poem entitled "The Courage That My Mother Had"  that expresses sadness and longing. This poem is about the speaker who misses or longs something from his/her mother, and that's courage.