"The Secret"
I love the tone in this poem. :) it is very straightforward and easy to understand, yet so profound at the same time. The author realizes the beauty in poetry and the differences in how it may be interpreted. She loves that her poetry has inspired others, and will continue to inspire them as long as they live. They may forget the "secret of life" within a week, but that is the beauty of the whole thing. For this allows them to discover it again, and again, and again. I believe the idea of discovering and rediscovering a secret within a poem is symbolic of the truths in this world that we so often discover and so quickly forget. What would be the fun in always knowing everything though? Life is a journey, and discovering is what makes it so enjoyable. The last line of this poem is so powerful for it suggests that the secret in her poem may not be discovered if the reader doesn't believe or assume that it's there in the first place. The author loves the girls who discovered this secret for their faith and perseverance. I believe that part of her wishes she had these qualities; there is definitely a strong tone of admiration for these two girls. The antecedent scenario could have involved a letter which the author received from a third party (as she references in the third stanza of the poem) notifying her of the discovery which these two girls had made in the line of one of her poems. Apparently the letter was somewhat vague, as the author does not even know what the secret was or even what line it was from. But such a letter could have absolutely motivated her to write a poem about this discovery, especially since she seems to admire and love these girls so much for what they found.
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