A Dream Within a Dream By Joshua Y Poetry Presentation Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) By Joshua Y

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Introduction Source: The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe Vol. I: Poems (Harvard University Press, 1969) Edgar Allan Poe －American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

A Dream Within a Dream Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849 STANZA 1 Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow — You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. STANZA 2 I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand — How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep — while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?

Form––Free verse Structure of Poem: Two stanzas The two stanzas are of different lengths (the first is 11 lines, the second is 13 lines) Rhyme Scheme: a,a,a,b,b ,c,c,d,d,b,b e,e,f,f,g,g,g,h,h,i,i,b,b.

Rhyme Scheme: a,a,a,b,b ,c,c,d,d,b,b e,e,f,f,g,g,g,h,h,i,i,b,b. STANZA 1 Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow — You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. STANZA 2 I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand — How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep — while I weep! O God! can I not grasp Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?

Poetic Techniques and devices Repetition Assonance You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. While I weep–while I weep In a night or in a day In a vision or in none While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp O God! can I not save

Poetic Techniques and devices Alliteration You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. And I hold within my hand Grains of golden sand– While I weep–while I weep Personification I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore Imagery In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none

Meaning of the Poem “All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand-- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep--while I weep!” The ‘Golden sand’ and the ‘Grains’ like the things that happened in our life, which means those are insubstantial as a dream, easy come, easy go. For this world the life is like a tiny sand, but how you see the world that is how big dream you have.

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