Question

read the poem.
\the courage that my mother had\
by edna st. vincent millay
the courage that my mother had
went with her, and is with her still:
rock from new england quarried;
now granite in a granite hill.
the golden brooch my mother wore
she left behind for me to wear;
i have no thing i treasure more:
yet, it is something i could spare.
oh, if instead shed left to me
the thing she took into the grave!—
that courage like a rock, which she
in \the courage that my mother had,\ what is the meaning of the line now granite in a granite hill?
the speaker wants to be more like her mother.
the speakers mother has passed away.
the speaker is visiting her mothers home.
the speakers mother has turned to stone.

Explanation:

The line frames the mother's courage as granite now part of a granite hill, paired with the later line about her taking that courage "into the grave." This metaphor indicates the mother has died, and her courage (likened to permanent granite) remains with her in death, not that she literally turned to stone, nor is it about the speaker wanting to emulate her or visiting a home.

Answer:

The speaker's mother has passed away.