Question

The courage that my mother had
Went with her, and is with her still:
Rock from New England quarried;
Now granite in a granite hill.

The golden brooch my mother wore
She left behind for me to wear;
I have no thing I treasure more:
Yet, it is something I could spare.

Oh, if instead she'd left to me
The thing she took into the grave!-
That courage like a rock, which she
Has no more need of, and I have.



Based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child?
Question 2 options:


A:The speaker thinks it was a waste of money


B:The speaker places a high value on the item


C:The speaker never wears the brooch


D:The speaker feels it could be easily replaced

Answer 1

  The right answer is B. "The speaker places a high value on the item"

  In this poem, the speaker is praising the courage of his/her mother and in the second stanza, the speaker tells us how much the golden brooch she left is treasured "I have nothing I treasure more" (meaning it has a high value).  

   In the third stanza is explained why it is said: "Yet, it is something I could spare.":

  "Oh, if instead she'd left to me

The thing she took into the grave!-

That courage like a rock, which she

Has no more need of, and I have. "

   

   The speaker is telling us that more valuable than the brooch would be if the mother gave her courage instead, that is more needed (and she can no longer use it) , the brooch would be easily replaced only by her courage.

Answer 2

Answer:

b

Explanation: