Question

The courage 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 nothing 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 had no more need of and I have.

What would be the best description of the theme of the poem above

Memory
Regret
A desire for something more
Rejection

Answer 1

The correct option is  A DESIRE FOR SOMETHING MORE.
From the excerpt given above, it can be seen that the speaker's mother had died leaving her a golden brooch. Even though the speaker cherishes the golden brooch, she is more than ready to exchange it for the rock-like courage of her mother, which she had carried to the grave. The speaker desires something more; she desires the courage of her mother.