Identify the literal meaning of this metaphor: “My dreams crumbled into ash.”

The literal meaning of the metaphor: “My dreams crumbled into ash,” would be one's dreams being "crushed" or falling apart. Using contex clues, ones dream could not literally "crumble" into ash, but it can "fall apart" in terms of plans and progress.

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Literal meaning:  "my dreams which once were here, are now gone forever - and I have to stand here, alone with myself, where once my dreams were real, but they exist no more."

For some reason or another, you yourself have given up on your dreams. There is nothing left to show you that they ever existed.

Explanation:

"My dreams crumbled into ash." The metaphor here is "crumbled into ash" because you can actually have dreams, but they are in our heads, not tangible - so how could they crumble into ash?

Your dreams represent something tangible, like a person. Imagining your dreams as a person (I'm picturing someone I think is super attractive, with a shirt on that simply says, "dreams"). When I set it up this way in my mind, my dreams are now tangible; they're in an actual person.

Whether it's true or not, for now - this person whom we've sculpted up in our imagination metaphorically and quite LITERALLY represents your dreams. You see, can can't burn and crumble actual dreams, but you can set fire to a person (God forbid) and watch them slowly crumble to ash, from whence they came.

Therefore in a quite literal context, could be interpreted as:

"my dreams which once were here, are now gone forever - and I have to stand here and look at the pile of trash which was once my beloved dreams."

it translates into:

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