As I Grew Older

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Across
  1. 4. What is another word in the poem that means smash and break? (line 24)
  2. 6. What breaks through the wall? (lines 21-22)
  3. 8. What color is the shadow? (line 14)
  4. 9. Does this poem have a positive or negative tone?
  5. 10. What represents the dream at the beginning?
  6. 12. The speaker feels his restored dream is a thousand ___ of sun.
  7. 13. What do you think the wall represents? (infer)
Down
  1. 1. How do you think the speaker feels when his dream is stopped by the wall? (infer)
  2. 2. What is between the speaker and his dream?
  3. 3. The speaker says his dream is ___ like the sun.
  4. 5. Does the speaker believe you can find your dream again?
  5. 7. What does the shadow represent? (line 24)
  6. 11. How fast did the wall rise?
  7. 12. What does the speaker do in the shadow?
  8. 14. What did the wall touch?