Basically the mom died and the girl in the poem is writing ab how even though her mom died the mothers courage still stuck with the daughter even if she was dead. her daughter admires how much courage her mom had.
The answer is to persuade
An excuse can be flimsy. All of the others are nouns so...
Precipitation returns to the water cycle through the form of runoff.
Attached is a diagram found on NASA's website. No copyright infringement intended ;)
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