Failure

Failure is shown not as

Failure is shown not as a final defeat, but as something difficult that can be faced and handled.

The poem uses eight different images

The poem uses eight different images to describe failure, such as a rocky hill, a broken bone, and a river swift.

Each image is followed by

Each image is followed by an instruction such as climb, set, puzzle out, swim, cross, scramble, sing, and fuse.

The poem ends with the idea

The poem ends with the idea that even something ugly, like coal, can become something valuable, like a diamond soul.

Arunima Sinha’s journey shows how

Arunima Sinha’s journey shows how a person can rise above physical hardship and continue to pursue a dream.