A Dream by Edgar Allen Poe

In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed-
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.

Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?

That holy dream- that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.

What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar-
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day-star?


Seeing I have to use a serious poem, here it is and who other than Edgar Allen Poe would suit my personality.....like really guys are you surprised? In this poem about dreams, I believe there is a message to people who really look down upon themselves because of something they might have failed at in the past. In the first few lines, Poe describes the different types of dreams such a person might have, whether it be a dream like their everyday life and it doesn't make them any better or its a really awesome dream about who they want to be and they are heartbroken when they wake up. In the second paragraph, Poe states that what kind of life is not a dream if a person is constantly living and being blinded by the past instead of looking toward the light in the future, which is supported by Poe finishing the poem by saying " What could there be more purely bright in truth's day-star." In this statement, he concludes by saying the positive "light" exists any time whether it be in hardship or easy times, and because of that what is better in life than to live looking for the positive rather than the negatives of the past.