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    Rhetorical question: A rhetorical question is asked for effect rather than out of the inquiry. For example, "Is it therefore the less gone?" Enjambment: A term used in poetry to describe the continuation of a thought or phrase from one line to the next. For example, "All that we see or seem/ Is butRead more

    1. Rhetorical question: A rhetorical question is asked for effect rather than out of the inquiry. For example, “Is it therefore the less gone?”
    2. Enjambment: A term used in poetry to describe the continuation of a thought or phrase from one line to the next. For example, “All that we see or seem/ Is but a dream within a dream.”
    3. Metaphor: A comparison that demonstrates how two objects that are unlike in most respects are similar in a significant manner. For example, The poet makes a comparison between dreams and bygone days.
    4. Personification: A figure of speech that is used to attribute human characteristics to something that is not human. The poet portrays “hope” with the idea of flying, comparing it to a bird.

     

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    Edgar Allan Poe suggests in "A Dream Within a Dream" that time is escaping from our grasp like sand on the beach, implying that our life is ultimately meaningless or only an illusion.   A Dream Inside a Dream

    Edgar Allan Poe suggests in “A Dream Within a Dream” that time is escaping from our grasp like sand on the beach, implying that our life is ultimately meaningless or only an illusion.

     

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    This poem has a different rhyme scheme and that is, AAABBCCDDEE FFGGHHHIIJJKK. The poem is composed entirely of couplets. Also, the poem appears to have some balance because three verses appear to rhyme twice in two stanzas.   A Dream Inside a Dream

    This poem has a different rhyme scheme and that is, AAABBCCDDEE FFGGHHHIIJJKK. The poem is composed entirely of couplets. Also, the poem appears to have some balance because three verses appear to rhyme twice in two stanzas.

     

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    Poe examines the themes of life and dreams in a unique way in his poem "A Dream Within A Dream." The powerful subject of dreaming inside a dream, which helps the reader differentiate between truth and fiction, lies at the center of the story. The waves slamming on the shore's dunes are used as a symRead more

    Poe examines the themes of life and dreams in a unique way in his poem “A Dream Within A Dream.” The powerful subject of dreaming inside a dream, which helps the reader differentiate between truth and fiction, lies at the center of the story. The waves slamming on the shore’s dunes are used as a symbol of death. There is also astral travel or projection, in which the dreamer experiences out-of-body experiences and floats close to the coast to collect all the wisdom he desires. The reader is transported to the region of dreams, desires, and hopes as this poem addresses the topics of life and dream in a unique way.

     

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