#3597171 FUNCERN - 2025 - Professor de Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico (IF RN)/Língua Inglesa

The Hill We Climb

by Amanda Gorman

[…]

"When the day comes we step out of the shade,

aflame and unafraid.

The new dawn blooms as we free it.

For there is always light,

if only we’re brave enough to see it,

if only we’re brave enough to be it."

Adapted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem-the-hill-we-climb-fulltext. html.

In the final lines from Amanda Gorman’s "The Hill We Climb":

"For there is always light,

if only we’re brave enough to see it,

if only we’re brave enough to be it."

The quantifier "enough" functions syntactically and semantically in this context by.

modifying the noun "light" as a postpositive adjective, indicating sufficiency of illumination.
acting as an adverb of degree modifying "brave", setting the minimum threshold for the action.
serving as a pronoun replacing an implied quantity of courage needed.
functioning as a determiner specifying a definite amount of bravery required.