Sorry that I have disappeared for so long from the blog. Now that another semester has started, I'm back again. As usual, I am posting another poem. In class today, I showed the movie "Seabiscuit" because we were talking about overcoming obstacles. If you have never seen this movie, I really recommend it - everyone in the movie overcomes obstacles, including the horse!
In one of the opening scenes, the main character recites this poem by Emily Dickinson:
We never know how high we are
We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise;
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures* touch the skies.
The heroism we recite
Would be a daily thing,
Did not ourselves the cubits warp*
For fear to be king.
*stature = height or status*cubit = an old form of measurement, like inches or feet
* warp = to bend or turn from its natural direction
I really enjoy this poem. What do you think it means? Any ideas? Feel free to post here if you are new to my blog:)
