Question

Read the poem A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
and answer the questions that follows.

A Dream
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed—
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
That holy dream—that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.
What though that light, thro’ storm and night,
So trembled from afar—
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth’s Day-star?

Q1. Explore the ways in which poet speaks about the importance of dreams and the way it
effects his life in the poem above

Q2. Mention the rhyme scheme

Q3. What is the tone of the dream by Edgar Allan Poe?

Q4. According to you, what is the most crucial part of the dream in stanza 1?

Answer 1

Answer:

Rhyme Scheme :

Paragraph 1 -

ABAB

Paragraph 2 -

ABAB

Paragraph 3 -

ABAB

Paragraph 4 -

ABAB

Explanation:

Here

Night - Light Departed - Hearted Day - Ray Cast - Past Dream - Beam Chiding - Guiding Night - Bright Afar - Star

are rhyming ...