Question

he had his dream he had his dream, and all through life, worked up to it through toil and strife. afloat fore’er before his eyes, it colored for him all his skies: the storm - cloud dark above his bark, the calm, and listless vault of blue took on its hopeful hue, it tinctured every passing beam— he had his dream. he labored hard and failed at last, his sails too weak to bear the blast, which statement about why dreams fail is illustrated by the metaphor of the bark in the poem? 1 failure is caused by a character defect. 2 failure is caused by lack of effort. 3 failure is caused by insufficient resources. 4 failure is caused by external forces.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the metaphor of "bark" (ship) and "sails too weak" in the poem. The line "His sails too weak to bear the blast" shows the ship (bark) has insufficient resources (weak sails) to withstand challenges.
2. Option 1: No character defect shown (he worked hard). Option 2: He labored hard, so not lack of effort. Option 4: The blast is external, but the failure reason here is weak sails (insufficient resources), not just external forces. Option 3 matches as weak sails are insufficient resources for the journey (pursuing the dream).

Answer:

1. Failure is caused by insufficient resources.