A Dream Within a Dream By Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow1 — You are not wrong, who deem2 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? Footnotes: 1. Avow (verb) to assert or confess openly 2. Deem (verb) to judge or consider in a specific way Question 1 1. The speaker parts from someone who believes the speaker's life has been lived like a dream.(1 point) Responses True True False False Question 2 2. In stanza 1, the speaker implies that what we see may not be real.(1 point) Responses True True False False Question 3 3. What is the speaker unable to keep?(1 point) Responses the waves the waves his dreams his dreams the grains of sand the grains of sand the sound of the ocean the sound of the ocean Question 4 4. PART A: Which sentence best describes a theme of the poem?(1 point) Responses It is important to hold on to your dreams. It is important to hold on to your dreams. Our loved ones usually leave us. Our loved ones usually leave us. Nothing in life is permanent. Nothing in life is permanent. We cannot slow the passage of time. We cannot slow the passage of time. Question 5 4. PART B: Which lines from the poem best support the answer to Part A?(1 point) Responses "Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep — while I weep!" (Lines 17-18) "Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep — while I weep!" (Lines 17-18) "O God! I cannot save / One from the pitiless wave" (Lines 21-22) "O God! I cannot save / One from the pitiless wave" (Lines 21-22) "And I hold within my hand / Grains of the golden sand" (Lines 14-15) "And I hold within my hand / Grains of the golden sand" (Lines 14-15) "Thus much let me avow — / You are not wrong, who deem" (Lines 3-4) "Thus much let me avow — / You are not wrong, who deem" (Lines 3-4) Question 6 5. PART A: What is the meaning of the word "vision" as used in line 8?(1 point) Responses a beautiful person a beautiful person a dream a dream a spirit a spirit the future the future Question 7 5. PART B: Which lines from the poem best support the answer to Part A?(1 point) Responses "Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day" (Lines 6-7) "Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day" (Lines 6-7) "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream." (Lines 10-11) "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream." (Lines 10-11) "You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream" (Lines 4-5) "You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream" (Lines 4-5) "Is it therefore the less gone?" (Line 9) "Is it therefore the less gone?" (Line 9) Question 8 6. This is the answer, what would be the question? Student's Answer: In the first stanza, the speaker says goodbye to a loved one, and it seems that their goodbye stems from the narrator's lover criticizing how he lives his life: that his days seem to be like dreams. He asserts at the end of the first stanza that all "is but a dream within a dream" (Line 11). In the second stanza, the speaker stands at a beach, holding sand as it slips through his fingers. When he realizes he cannot hold on to the grains, he begins to question the assertion he made in the first stanza. He asks "Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?" in the final two lines. By questioning the same premise the speaker had established in the first stanza, Poe further emphasizes how unknowable and mysterious life is. (1 point) Responses How does the tone shift from stanza 1 to stanza 2? How does the tone shift from stanza 1 to stanza 2? How does the division of the poem into two stanzas contribute to its meaning? How does the division of the poem into two stanzas contribute to its meaning? How does the author compare and contrast the first and second stanza? How does the author compare and contrast the first and second stanza? What is the central idea of stanza 1 and stanza 2? What is the central idea of stanza 1 and stanza 2? Question 9 7. Which type of poem is known for its 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme?(1 point) Responses Free Verse Free Verse Haiku Haiku Limerick Limerick Sonnet Sonnet Question 10 8. What is the primary characteristic of a haiku?(1 point) Responses It tells a humorous story It tells a humorous story It consists of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern It consists of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern It has no set structure It has no set structure It has a rhyme scheme of ABAB It has a rhyme scheme of ABAB Question 11 9. Which type of poem is typically written to praise or glorify a person, place, or thing?(1 point) Responses Ode Ode Haiku Haiku Elegy Elegy Sonnet Sonnet Question 12 10. What is the poetic structure of the following poem? There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!" (1 point) Responses Free Verse Free Verse Ballad Ballad Limerick Limerick Sonnet

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Here are the answers to your questions based on the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe and general poetry knowledge:

Question 1: True

Question 2: True

Question 3: the grains of sand

Question 4: PART A: Nothing in life is permanent.

Question 5: PART B: "Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep — while I weep!" (Lines 17-18)

Question 6: PART A: a dream

Question 7: PART B: "All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream." (Lines 10-11)

Question 8: How does the author compare and contrast the first and second stanza?

Question 9: Sonnet

Question 10: It consists of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Question 11: Ode

Question 12: Limerick

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