This is the whole poem

Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!

My spirit not awakening, till the beam

Of an Eternity should bring the morrow.

Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,

'Twere better than the cold reality

Of waking life, to him whose heart must be

Which lines in this excerpt from the poem "Dreams" by Edgar Allan Poe use enjambment?

a. (Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!)

b. (My spirit not awakening, till the beam

Of an Eternity should bring the morrow.)

c. (Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,)

d. ('Twere better than the cold reality

Of waking life, to him whose heart must be,)

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Nikhil Harding

12 March, 14:30

This is the whole poem

Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!

My spirit not awakening, till the beam

Of an Eternity should bring the morrow.

Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,

'Twere better than the cold reality

Of waking life, to him whose heart must be

Which lines in this excerpt from the poem "Dreams" by Edgar Allan Poe use enjambment?

a. (Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!)

b. (My spirit not awakening, till the beam

Of an Eternity should bring the morrow.)

c. (Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,)

d. ('Twere better than the cold reality

Of waking life, to him whose heart must be,)

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Eileen Hanson · Answer 1

The correct answer is d. ('Twere better than the cold reality Of waking life, to him whose heart must be,)

Enjambment refers to the continuation of a sentence. It doesn't have a pause. So the correct answer is d. ('Twere better than the cold reality Of waking life, to him whose heart must be,). These other choices are all wrong: a. (Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream!)

b. (My spirit not awakening, till the beam

Of an Eternity should bring the morrow.)

c. (Yes! tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,)