Dreamland Comments

Seas that restlessly aspire, Surging, unto skies of fire; Lakes that endlessly outspread Their lone waters- lone and dead, - Their still waters- still and chilly With the snows of the lolling lily. great writings great 10++++++++++++

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Poe's dark prose is ETERNAL.

By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only, Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, On a black throne reigns upright, I have wandered home but newly From this ultimate dim Thule. Great poem so nicely penned.

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......an incredible write...one of his best! ★

I absolutely love the phrasing in this poem! Its perfection! One of his best, in my opinion.

Superb read. Dreamland is a world where any thing is possible and poetry is of words expressing it most effectively. it's a delight to go into Poe's world with his wonderful imagination.

A very deep and haunting poem by Poe. The darknesss of night and its gloominess brings out the poetic skills of this master poet. I love the line haunted by ill Angels only. No goodness is found there. One of his greatest.

I love it.............

In the shadows of life, there are many obscurites. Perfect to see his talented skill. Really a Poet Master

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To really appreciate ‘Dreamland’ by Edgar Allan Poe, it is necessary to get into Poe's mind and read the poem several times, with an imagination that has rewritten laws of nature and physics, because the landscape is a dreamscape. We must go through the looking glass and recreate images in a dreamland which like dreams must defy logic. Poe clearly states in the title that this is not a real place of this world but a dreamland. Poe declares ‘I have reached these lands but newly’, ‘By a route obscure and lonely, / Haunted by ill angels only, ’ therefore immediately Poe is building on his wandering this dreamscape, in which he has just arrived; which is emphasized to be ‘Out of SPACE- out of TIME.’ Most people would confirm in dreams there are ‘forms that no man can discover’ and in stress dreams it is possible to fall into ‘Bottomless vales and (be swallowed by) boundless floods. Even in real nature a mist can make a vale bottomless, a vast flood can seem boundless and high cliffs plunging directly into the sea do not have a shore; a shore commonly being recognized as a strip of land such as a beach, the fringe of land which exists beside lakes without cliffs. Poe may have imprinted the familiar American great lakes into this poem, ‘Lakes that endlessly outspread/ Their lone waters- lone and dead, -’ seems to indeed describe lakes like Lake Superior, in the dead of winter, ‘Their still waters- still and chilly’. In dreams time can seem suspended eternal, some earthquakes also produce a timeless fear effect; thus ‘Mountains toppling evermore’ is a realistic nightmare image. Images of a ‘sad Soul’ with dark soulless eyes like ‘darkened glasses’ is wonderfully easy to imagine, and this seems key to this poem, an imagination is necessary to perhaps understand and enjoy an imagery ‘Out of SPACE- out of TIME.’ An appreciation of nature can teach us to enjoy images we cannot always scientifically understand, imagination and responses of the heart, unlock unique such images.

Words that are written in a similar way do not necessarily rhyme Examples: Floods and woods discover and over neither swamp and camp?

Poe is a fantastic writer. He depicts exactly what his poems are about by use of the title. 'Dreamland'...By a route obscure and lonely, Haunted by ill angels only...and from there, we journey through Poe's world. Metered in a reminiscing of The Raven. A style that IS Poe.

If a white lily were to droop and lose its petals, it would both be lolling and snowing, respectively. I also think this image serves as a strong foil in juxtaposition with the erect eidolon and perhaps the falling tears and mountains. I actually find this image to be very important to the poem. Poe here makes the images flow into each other, an effect which seems deliberate since it goes along with the dual nature of dreams presented. Beyond that... you should remember the title and pay attention to the first stanza, the terrain features are the terrain of a dream. This is especially emphasized by the reference to the imaginary island/continent of Thule...Any critique of the logic of the geography found in it is an utter tautology: you might as well state dreams aren't real...something of which most -I assure you- are quite aware.

You can't criticize the master without seeming petty and obnoxious. This is a great work, there are obvious flaws in the moon and stars and nobody criticizes their maker.

That is one real walk around the block, with Poe.

Classical description of Night atmosphere is very well expressed by master of mystery!

The horror of a nightmare O such fear, To awake in such sweet relief that its just a dream, O no banish the fear of sleep lest I dream, Just give me a talent of rhyme such as yours.