"Will it pull you forward
Or push you back in fear?
Difficult are choices
When the future is getting near."
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Lines 5-6: "Will it pull you forward Or push you back in fear ?"

Important words

Pull you forward → move you ahead towards your goal
Push you back → make you go backwards
In fear → because of being afraid

Meaning: Will the future pull you forward (towards your goal), or will it push you back because of fear ?

Lines 7-8: " Difficult are choices When the future is getting near ."

Important words

Difficult are choices → choices become hard
Getting near → coming closer

Meaning: Choices become difficult when the future is coming closer and we must decide.

Summary of Stanza 2

"Will it pull you forward Or push you back in fear?"

(Will the future pull you forward (towards your goal), or will it push you back because of fear?)

"Difficult are choices When the future is getting near."

(Choices become difficult when the future is coming closer and we must decide.)

Overall meaning: The poet asks whether the future will pull us forward or push us back in fear . He says that choices become difficult as the future comes closer . So we must decide bravely whether to move ahead or let fear hold us back.

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