Poem Comparison Essay - Poems "Lineage" by Margret Walker and "The Courage my mother had" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poem Comparison Essay
Hove you ever wondered how it would feel to have the courage of your ancestors? In the two poems "Lineage" and "Courage" the authors Margret Walker and Edna St. Vincent Millay uses descriptive words to describe their ancestor's abilities. There are several similarities and differences contained in these two poems.
To begin, both of the speakers desire to acquire something that they do not have, but exists in their family. The speaker in "Lineage" values the fact that her grandmothers were strong (l. 1, 11). Clearly this strength is something that speaker rememb…