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?

Edgar Allan Poe uses a pair of rhyming words to describe trying to hold sand in “A Dream Within a Dream.” In a short paragraph, tell what the words are and how they express the speaker’s feelings. Use details from the poem to support your answer.

I would read the poem 2-3 times. Then break the poem down piece by piece then analyze each line. Hope this helped! :)

creep and weep

How do you think they express the speaker's feelings?

umm not sure

In "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe, the pair of rhyming words that describes trying to hold sand are "creep" and "deep." These words convey the speaker's sense of loss and frustration. The speaker is standing on a "surf-tormented shore" and holds grains of golden sand in their hand. The word "creep" suggests that the sand slips through the speaker's fingers slowly and almost sneakily, intensifying the feeling of helplessness. The repetition of "while I weep" adds to the emotional depth and highlights the speaker's despair. The word "deep" refers to the vastness of the sea, emphasizing the magnitude of what the speaker is unable to hold onto. These rhyming words demonstrate the speaker's futile attempt to cling to something transient and fleeting, symbolizing the ephemeral nature of life and the inevitability of loss.