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The last stanza is actually not included in most versions. It's easier said than done, but with all the work you've already put in you might as well continue until you win. That peak could be right around the corner and you'll never know just by quitting and giving up. Since you don't know when that will happen don't just quit because you've tried so many times. You don't know when you'll succeed, just maybe one day you'll look up and have done the thing you wanted.

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Stanza 3 gives heed to the failure that you're going to face and how to approach it. If you have the right support and audience you can do what you put your mind to. When you do fail don't just give up on the first try. Failure has always been looked at as negative, but for people to succeed you have to fail time and again. Nobody's perfect and failing is actually you learning how not to do something. You can have some problems along the way, that's pretty common. The second stanza tells you about the weird wiles of life that can happen. Photo by Kristopher Roller on Unsplash You can do it even when your drowning Take a breather and rest for a second but don't just stop because you got this. The light to freedom, to moving on, to letting go, to moving forward, and to getting up. Keep doing what you're doing because at the end of the tunnel is a light. The first stanza reminds you that things can go wrong, something can happen, everything can fall apart but you as a person shouldn't just stop. Even now as we slowly move through Covid and work together to build back up in different countries we're still not done. Every person has hard parts about their life and you look for something you can relate to.

This poem has inspired me for many different reasons.

Whittier continued his writing of poetry and pamphlets supporting the cause and died in 1892. At some point, he did try his hand at poetry again and its focus was abolitionism and politics. Then on he moved around a lot writing at different newspaper establishments to get the message and word out. He slowly gained following in his state and joined his state legislature when he got more to join his movement. He joined the motion and started publishing pamphlets to get to audiences. In 1833 his friend Garrison encouraged him to use his writing to speak out against slavery at the time. He published a book of poetry, but it had not taken off as he had hoped and so he retired due to illness in 1831. When he was 22 years old he took a job at The American Manufacturer which was a Boston newspaper writing about politics and argumentation. Inspiration at a young age came from another poet named Robert Burns and the folklore that surrounded the area of Massachusetts. He grew with poor a upbringing in a Quaker household. John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Massachusetts in 1807. He was known as a writer who related best to the people because he spoke most about everyday life. This continued until 1941 where he had also continued writing poetry. In 1931 he started broadcasting on NBC radio and showed up on TV. Guest later married and became an author writing books as well. He wrote on current events, poetry, and in a weekly column offering advice.

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When his father died he left school to take care of his family and worked at the press full time. He started working at the Detroit Press when he was just a little bit older. His family migrated to Detroit in 1891 when he was 10 years old. On the Poetry Foundation as an American PoetД®dgar A. Guest as the author but others believe it to be John G. The poem is called 'Don't Quit' and some people credit the author Edgar A. I memorized it and carry it as a memory today. It's the most inspirational poem I've ever read. That poem is a part of history, of my history, and the history of the person who writes it.

On her door, every day I walked by it I looked at a poem taped on it. As a kid something I loved was history and I used to live with my aunt. The most important parts of me that shaped me became memories I could look back on and smile about. When I first rode a bike, when I learned to swim, and when I went to Las Vegas for a family reunion. The first time I traveled outside of the U.S and my first day of middle school. When I was younger I had a lot of moments like that. Everyone remembers things about their childhood that stood out as interesting or important.

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