A Dream Within a Dream (Edgar Allan Poe)

A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe.

It's an Inception poem!

I like the rhyme - almost all couplets, but there is a triplet in each stanza (though in different lines). I also like the despair at the end of the second stanza. The fear of unknowing. Oh God, what if it is just a dream within a dream? One of Poe's scarier themes, neh?

Favorite line: "O God! can I not save"

Sonnet - To Science (Edgar Allan Poe)

To Science!! First, I LOVE the idea of this poem by Edgar Allan Poe. It makes me laugh to imagine addressing the whole subject - the entirety of all - in 14 lines. And what questions! They are almost whiny. As if science is the unraveling of all of fiction and poetry. And I guess that is a classic argument. One I find incredibly stupid. Ha (not to mince words!). I mean, science is all about trying to answer questions. And so is literature. They are just two ways of seeking order out of the chaos of everything that happens and is seen.

Sorry, Poe, I just don't buy your argument.

Favorite line: "Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart"

Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart

The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe)

It's a Halloween poem and post. So cute! How to be Edgar Allen Poe.

And for the poem. Uh, The Raven. It's very, very famous. I mean, there was even a Simpson's episode based on the poem. When the Simpson's covers you you know you're a part of pop culture.

Long lines. Rhyme. That dodding rhythm. It's creepers, for sure. It makes me anxious just to read it. Definitely apt for Halloween.

And this has been a long day full of challenges, so I think that will be it in terms of "talk" for this poem. See you tomorrow!

Favorite line: "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
Only this and nothing more."