English Assignment

This is the poem i like:

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?

1. How are the figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use this figurative language?

The phrases "Yet if hope has flown away" and "Grains of the golden sand" are a form of hyperbole as it is very exaggerated due to the fact that hope cannot be flown away and sand is not exactly golden.

1. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.

I like the poem very much as the rhyming is extremely well done as rhyming poems usaually lose their charm and meaning to give a rhyme to it. However, this poem retains the meaning and there is a rhythm to it. Also, the description is pretty good and quite exaggerated and gives me a good idea about what the author is trying to convey.I was able to relate to what the author is saying and it literally felt as if he was reading my mind. Therefore, I decided to choose this poem for the english blog post.
(98 words)