Question

read the poem. 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, the raging tempests tore away and sent his beating bark astray. but what cared he 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:

The poem describes the bark (representing the dream - chaser's journey) being affected by "raging tempests." These tempests are external forces that tear away at the bark and send it astray, indicating that external circumstances cause the failure of the dream.

Answer:

1. Failure is caused by external forces.