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English, 06.03.2020 23:37 Maddoxaustin1
The "golden grains of sand" in Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream" represent...
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potential opportunities in the speaker's life
opportunities that are slipping through the speaker's fingers
the passage of time that the speaker cannot control
the innumerable problems the speaker is facing
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The themes of Edgar Allan Poe's writing generally focus on subjects that are light-hearted and playful, like romance, happiness, and optimism.
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Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
In this poem, the first stanza ends with a statement and the second stanza ends with a question. Why?
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the progression from a statement to a question represents the speaker's certainty that life is, in fact, a dream
the progression from a statement to a question proves how old age can cause confusion
the progression from a statement to a question suggests that the speaker changes his mind to be more optimisitc
the progression from a statement to a question demonstrates how the speaker is less certain about the meaning of life
In stanza 2, the speaker talks about the "surf-tormented shore" and the "pitiless wave." What important metaphor from the poem do these lines help to explain?
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the speaker's sadness over how he cannot stop time from passing
the speaker's relief at being freed from an unhappy relationship
the speaker's fear that his dreams are all washed away
the speaker's anger at his lover for leaving him
The main theme of Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream" could be summed up as...
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searching for new love after heartbreak
questioning the nature of reality vs illusion
marveling in the power and beauty of nature
investigating the existence of God
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