What do you mean by being optimistic?​

Explanation:

hopeful and confident about the future.

example : "the optimistic mood of the Sixties"

Optimism is a mental attitude characterized by hope and confidence in success and a positive future. Optimists are those who expect good things to happen, where pessimists instead predict unfavorable outcomes.

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reading poetry is challenging when you don't have or very little of social context and culture schema.

solution: read the introduction, the norm, or even explaination if you still dont get it.