Question

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


A.


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


B.


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


C.


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


D.


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

Answer 1

The correct answer should be C. "Oh, if instead she'd left to me / The thing she took into the grave!—"

This shows that the narrator longs for the courage that was taken to the grave and is genuinely unhappy.