Can anyone tell me the meaning of this poem?

Question

Long live the weeds that overwhelm
My narrow vegetable realm!—
The bitter rock, the barren soil
That force the son of man to toil;
All things unholy, marked by curse,
The ugly of the universe.
The rough, the wicked, and the wild
That keep the spirit undefiled.
With these I match my little wit
And earn the right to stand or sit,
Hope, look, create, or drink and die:
These shape the creature that is I.

Yes, it's for school. I can't understand some of them, the ones i do understand are the hopeful ones.

Answer 1

This poem is slightly less morbid than the others you have posted.
The previous one was a shocker - heavy, gruesome, morbid, obscure, complicated.

I guess it means that humankind can triumph over other life forms.

I'm wondering if these are poems that you are studying for school. Don't they ever do poems that contain hope and optimism?
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Answer 2

yes
it means that adversity shapes who we are. if everything was easy and fun we would never be tested but it is through hardship and hard work that we see what we are made of. and then once we know what we are made of we can rejoice in it.
or
that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger.