Read this line from the poem and answer the question. has no more need of, and i have. to what does the speaker refer? a. the speaker’s doubts about herself b. the mother’s selfishness c. the speaker’s hopes for the future d. the mother’s material possessions

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.

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

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