And This of All My Hopes

And This of All My Hopes - meaning Summary

Hope’s Brief, Dignified End

The poem presents a quiet reflection on hope and its inevitable ending. The speaker compares a richly colored morning rose to a hope that flourished vividly but reached its natural, silent close. Images of bloom and early wilting convey both the intensity of the original joy and the ordinary, inevitable decay that follows. The second stanza shifts to suggest that even the most confident life and the smallest threats meet a resolute, almost proud conclusion. Overall the tone is calm acceptance: hopes can be radiant yet transient, and their endings may retain a certain dignity.