March is the Month of Expectation — Little Women

March is the Month of Expectation. 1
The things we do not know-
The Persons of prognostication
Are coming now-
We try to show becoming firmness-5
But pompous Joy
Betrays us, as his first Betrothal
Betrays a Boy.
(F.1422/J.1404)
[1] March:: a hint on the March family in Little Woman (1869) by Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888).
[2] we do not know:: the four March daughters didn't know what will happen to them.
[5] calmness:: they thought Jo will never marry.
[6] joy:: a hint on Jo March, a tomboy.
[7] his:: Jo's, before her marriage.
[8] Betrays a Boy:: the tomboy's betray her boyishness; Jo married to professor Friedrich.