What figurative language elements are used in the poem a dream within a dream by Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 1

assonance all that we see and seem

alliteration all that we see and seem

personification hope has flown away

metaphor dream into kiss or beach

repettiion while i weep

onomatopoeia avow

Answer 2

This poem shows how Poe was lost on his path in life, but there's more to it. Poe is on a dying road so he kisses his last love good bye. He admits that his life has and always will be a dream that he may never acheive satisfaction from those around him. he questions weather or not he could do right. He questions his motives to life... He believes his life is a dream within a dream, that is, our world that we know. The second stanza introduces Poe in a form of allusion... He stands beside a beach with the grains of sand that represent his loved ones and everything that ever mattered in his life. He wonders how these things have managed to slip away from him... so quick and lifelessly. He wants to know why he can't hold onto the things that he believes to be so dear to him. Eventually, he realizes he has to let them go. He then comes back to wondering if his life, a dream, is a dream within a dream, the world.

Answer 3

I put Anadiplosis , which is repetition in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent word from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usually with a change or extension of meaning. So when he repeats " That holy dream- that holy dream" you know that it is of significance.

Answer 4

In the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe, the author uses metaphor to compare life to a dream within another dream, symbolizing the fleeting nature of reality. The repetitive use of the word "sand" throughout the poem represents the passage of time slipping away, highlighting the theme of lost moments. Poe's choice of words like "golden sands" and "roaring waves" evoke vivid imagery to emphasize the impermanence of life's experiences.

Answer 5

look for the simile and otimotapia or whatever