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.
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?
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I only wish I could have the mindset to write beautyful things like this. I haven't really tried though. Love this poem. Talent!
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EAP does "The Matrix"? =D
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I can't say this is one of Poe's better pieces, but I'd never read it 'till now. I enjoyed it and I'm glad you posted it. Now I know where Tool got that line "dream within a dream" from. Thanks for sharing. --STP
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I have never gotten sick of reading Poes work... I love it all..
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A poem from one of our great poets, Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote some
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just a brief attempt at annalysis
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Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
here is a farwell, as to if this farwell is due to a death I dont know but I think not.
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
this i think is more if a personal perception of him self, he deems it himself that his 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?
is there more to lose then hope?
always questioning and in a sense quite phylisophical as the piece itself touches of phylosiphies.
Is life but a dream withing the dream?
The second stanza then moves onto time
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
The sand ofcourse is time and here he refers to how little time he has and how it seems that of that which he does continues to fall from him.
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?
How might we hold time to ourselves
save from death or other that which we would cling to?
is the pitiless wave death? or simply memories of what time was had?
again in grief.. to the dream within a dream -
Good, but ambigous
thanx alot Trisha...your insite has really helped me form my thesis. -
i love this poem
i think it's about losing. perhaps, losing a loved one. i believed he wrote it in honor of someone. Marie? well, the thing is he's so overcome with grief that it can hardly seem real. that entire: increase the pain and you'll eventually become numb. but yes,"dream within a dream"--beyond comprehension. and he's trying to hold on to what's left of his memories and his happiness and hope but all seems to whither away. all it is is a dream within a dream...nothing more...surreal.
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The concept and the ideal of the piece is good, but, the vernacular I think lacks from his other work. It is a good piece which I think he could have written better.
He was probably sober when he wrote.
Oh and to confused girl, to me it means kind of the life we live in and out of our dreams and how they are perceived by us, but, that is my take on it, what he meant, who knows.
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I really want to know the meaning of this poem. A friend of mine sent it to me, and I have some idea of what it means, yet I'm not sure if I truly get what Poe is trying to get acrossed. Can you tell me what the poem says?
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I really want to know the meaning of this poem. A friend of mine sent it to me, and I have some idea of what it means, yet I'm not sure if I truly get what Poe is trying to get acrossed. Can you tell me what the poem says?
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says so much in only a few words, another favourite.
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This is one of my favorites of him. Not sure between 'Annabel Lee' 'The Bells' or 'To the river.' This is beautiful though.
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this is my favorite poem by Poe......it's wonderful
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i like it a lot......i like al of these poems very very good
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I understand this poem, but I don't. It seems easy to analyze, but it's not. If you can clarify the meaning of this poem for me I'd appreciate it.
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tis poem is really good poem, it's inspiring my life
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