Question

he had his dream
he had his dream, and all through life,
worked up to it through toil and strife.
afloat foreer 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:

In the poem, the bark represents the dream - chaser's journey. The storm - cloud dark above the bark and the sails too weak to bear the blast suggest that external forces (the storm) are too strong for the dream - chaser to overcome, leading to failure.

Answer:

1. Failure is caused by external forces.