Poem - Test of A Man

Question 1

Stanza 1

The test of a man

Answer 1

The test of man is the fight that he makes.

The grit that he daily shows.

The way that he stands upon his feet.

And takes life’s numerous bumps and blows.

Question 2

Stanza 2

A coward can smile

Answer 2

A coward can smile when there’s naught to fear.

And nothing his progress bars,

But it takes a man to stand and cheer,

While the other fellow stars.

Question 3

Stanza 3

It isn’t the victory

Answer 3

It isn’t the victory after all But the fight that a Brother makes.

A man when driven against the wall,

Still stands erect and takes the blows of fate

with his head held high, bleeding, bruised, and pale,

Is the man who will win and fate defied,

For he isn’t afraid to fail!

Question 4

Name and Writer

Answer 4

“The Test” by Carlyle F. Straub