Open with 1) What does the speaker compare life to in the first stanza (chunk of lines 1-4)?

B) The second stanza? (Lines 5-8)

2) What does the metaphor (comparison) in stanza one suggest about life?

B) What does the metaphor (comparison) in stanza two suggest about life?

3) Restate in your own words the THEMATIC advice that this poem offers.

4) The American poet Delmore Schwartz once wrote, "In dreams begin responsibilities." This

simply means that we must WORK to make our dreams come true. Explain why you either

agree with this statement or what obstacles in life might make a person disagree with this

statement

5) Think about whether or not you agree with the concept that life dies when our dreams die.

Then, state a personal "dream" that you have for your own life.