Select the correct answer. Which statement best expresses how the poet develops the theme in the poem?
A. The speaker contrasts heart break to the joys of singing.
B. The poet describes dreams as a repeated song.
The Dreams of the Dreamer
by Georgia Douglas Johnson
The dreams of the dreamer
Are life-drops that pass
The break in the heart
To the soul's hour-glass.
The songs of the singer
Are tones that repeat
The cry of the heart
'Till it ceases to beat.
The speaker describes dreams as things people hold closely to their hearts.
D.
The poet contrasts singing a song to pursuing one's dreams.
E. The poet compares giving up on a dream to death.
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