Question

Edgar Allan Poe uses a pair of rhyming words to describe trying to hold sand in “A Dream Within a Dream.” In a short paragraph, tell what the words are and how they express the speaker’s feelings. Use details from the poem to support your answer.

Answer 1

The author is describing his lost of hope "In a night, or in a day / In a vision, or in none". He is talking about a goodbye, a sad moment where he feels the loss of his illusion, like grains of sand falling from his hands, falling deep while he weeps, he cries of sadness for the goodbye.