At the end of the poem, these same images return, with Gorman emphasizing that hope is always present, despite the seemingly never-ending darkness. The poem continues by saying that "the dawn is ours," implying that the light of the rising sun is our hope, our courage. Darkness has seemingly become eternal, but these two lines remind us that light will eventually come. Light and Shade (Motif)įrom the opening lines of the poem, the image of day arriving after a long period of night immediately forces the audience to associate light with hope and shade with fear and loss. With the title, "climb" is in the present tense, indicating an ongoing struggle to overcome the "hill" of challenges. In a larger sense, the hill can also represent the struggles from America's past and present that still need to be overcome. Because of the riots that happened shortly before, this reference also tries to head the damage done by the riot and reimagine the space as one that belongs to "we," the people. It may refer to Capitol Hill, the location of this poem's performance at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The image of the hill in the poem's title can have two meanings.
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