But for a moment I stay there, suspended above the green swell of the land as though thrown up onto the crest of a wave, seeing for the first time a break in the at horizon. For this the boats crossed the ocean, the wagons climbed the mountain pass. For this the songs were sung with desert all around. This is what is given: the promise there is still a way, if we can find it, the promise we can always be renewed. . Kermit Roosevelt III
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In the poem by Emily Dickinson, “This is what is given: the promise there is still a way, if we can find it, the promise we can always be renewed.” Dickinson has used this poem to express the need for humans to have hope, however small or insignificant that hope might be. In this way, this poem highlights how powerful imagination can be and how much a person can be inspired by a simple image. The use of the word “given” in this poem indicates that it is not something that can be entirely controlled by humans, however much they might try to seize upon it.

Source: Allegiance

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