Read the following poem by Edgar Allen Poe and answer the question that follows. A Dream Within a Dream Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow‚ You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream: Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand‚ How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep While I weep‚while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? What, if anything, does the sand in this poem symbolize? Defend your answer in at least three complete sentences.

I believe that the sand in the poem symbolizes time. The fact that the sand is constantly slipping through the narrator's hands and his inability to 'grasp it with a tighter clasp' means that he is running out of time and that he is trying to keep it for himself, but is ultimately failing to do that. Time is running out on him and it is futile to try to chase after it.

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22-12-2020

Answer:

The sand in this poem symbolizes the narrator's dream.

Explanation:

The narrator is upset at the fact that he cannot keep a hold of the sand no matter how tight he holds on. The pitiless wave, washing away the sand, standing as an obstacle in the way of the narrator achieving his dream.

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