7. Explanation of stanza 5

The fifth and final stanza is a couplet. Though the speaker has spoken about a woman so far, in the concluding stanza, the speaker reveals that the woman in the poem is "today's woman". Today’s woman is different from yesterday's woman in so many ways. Women of earlier generations are known and celebrated for being "obedient", "humble", "homemaking", “child-rearing”, “selfless”, “invisible”, and such. A woman who is independent, educated, and voices out the discomforts and disparity is termed arrogant and unwomanly and is considered undesirable by society.
 
Back then, women were often "brainwashed" into thinking that having a voice for themselves was a bad quality for a woman. As a result, she would easily succumb to the roles created for her.
 
But women, over time, have managed to break away from such social constructs to an extent. Today's women are headstrong and independent and are not afraid to remain so. She may not be selfless, but she would never be selfish. Today's woman is wild as a lioness and beautiful as love. 
 
She is the woman of today. So, the speaker asks the readers to respect her, love her, and keep her close.
 
The line "Today's woman, dear. Love her, respect her, keep her near..." could be addressed to the woman herself, reminding her who she is and who she could be. There is a strong-willed woman in every woman, and the speaker urges her to embrace and cherish the woman.