The brooch symbolized that her mother was rich and could afford fancy things.

The brooch symbolized another characteristic that the mother had such as class, finery, elegance

The brooch symbolizes that her mother valued jewelry more than her own daughters life

The author means that people from New England are all just part of a bigger process

The author means that the mother originally started in New England and when she died she became granite in a granite hill.

The author means that the granite from granite hill blew to new England

Courage

Her dog Lila

Granite

Brooch

In both the poem and the song the author is proud of the courage their mothers had.

In both the poem and the song the author has a brooch that is passed down.

In both the poem and the song the author has an important piece of jewelry left.

A kid telling his parents about a bully at school.

A bully telling the administration what he did.

A women leaving her husband who abused her and her children.

The Vietnam War

The Cold War

The Great Depression

World War 2

Craftsmanship

Memory

Courage

Death

To inform the reader about how the author misses her mother and wish her mother would have passed down to her her courage.

To inform the reader about how the author misses her mother and wish her mother would have passed down to her her courage.

To inform the reader about how the author wants her mother courage to get through a difficult situation

To inform the reader about how the author chooses to deal with her mothers death in a courage's way.

Adventorus

Sad/Inspiring

Anger

Happy

The author is trying to reach people that are poor.

The author is trying to reach people who have lost their mothers.

The author is trying to reach people who have lost their child