Answer and Explanation:
The answers below have been numbered according to the order in which the table information appears:
1. Through the words used by the poet, we can make connections with people's current lives, where the dreams they most wanted are left behind, because of the responsibilities they have, or because of the lack of resources. In this case, the individuals, as well as the speaker of the poem, feel saddened and can only reflect how dreams were left in the past without being developed and without showing any results.
2. My prediction of title was not correct, as when reading the title of the poem, I thought the poem would talk about dreams in their literal sense and not dreams related to wishes and desires.
3. Some phrases that stood out to me were: "Are life-drops that pass" and "The songs of the singer." Because they are phrases that represent dreams in an unpredictable, yet profound and poetical way.
4. These sentences evoke a feeling of sadness and melancholy when read in conjunction with the other sentences in the poem.
5. The structure used by the poetess presents interrupted sentences, which start in a line of the poem, but only finish in the next line. This reinforces the feeling of something interrupted and unfinished, like dreams that didn't come true.
6. Rhythm and pace are created through the rhyming system. The rhyming system presented in the poem is ABCB ADCD. As we can see, each stanza has a scheme of alternating rhymes, that is, the second line of the poem rhymes with the fourth line. However, we can see the first and third verses of the first stanza rhyme with the first and third verses of the second stanza and this also creates rhythm and pace in the poem.
7. The choice of words and syntax used by the poetess promotes a melancholy and sad tone in the poem. This allows the reader to realize that the poem refers to a lament, something that does not promote happiness for the poet.
8. The choice of words and syntax shows that the poet is complaining about the abandonment of unfulfilled dreams. This can be seen in the use of words that express sadness and nostalgia.
