Question

Why dies the poet compair dead habit to dreary desert land

Answer 1

Answer:

Dead habits are compared to desert sands because these superstitious beliefs block the way of progressive thoughts, just as a desert can block the way of a clear stream. ... Dead habits are as choking as the desert for something fresh and progressive.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

the poet compares dead habit to a dreary desert land because as a desert stops the way of a stream in the same way dead habits stop the way of something good and progressive