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This poem is about a flashback of the narrator looking back at his childhood and how he was unique and not like the other children in his outlook. The author explains that he was not normal or happy as the others were since his joys were not the same. His source of feelings is different from that of most other people. The theme of this poem is that loneliness and isolation during your childhood can impact the way you  perceive yourself and all the other things around you in such a vastly different way than other people do. "From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were -- I have not seen
As others saw -- I could not bring
my passions from a common spring," (Poe, lines 1-4). This quote focuses on the fact that the narrator who had loneliness as a child always felt that he was never able to look at life the way the other normal kids looked at it as his life was full of loneliness and unhappiness. The poem's structure is interpreted upon twenty two lines, and it consists of eleven rhyming couples with each pairing rhyme being used to explain his view of an isolated childhood in an organized tone. "Poe's father and mother, both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old," (poets.org, 1). From this quote, it can be seen that his parents' deaths most likely influenced him to write this poem because he was raised as without his parents which caused Poe to be lonely and depressed. "In 1829 he had been separated from both his adopted parents... His adopted mother died early that year... It was the second time in his life he'd had to deal with a mother's death." (poets.org, 1). This quote shows that Poe's isolation and depression must have come from the many deaths of his close family members/relatives which had influenced him to write this sort of poem. Therefore, Poe had to write this poem to express the loneliness, isolation, and depression that he lived throughout his entire life.

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1. Point of View- The perspective in which a story is told. "I stand amid the roar of a surf-tormented shore, and I hold within my hand grains of the golden sand" (Poe's "A Dream Within A Dream", lines 12-15). The use of "I" shows that this poem was written in first person point of view.
2. Repetition- A technique in which a sound, word, phrase or line is repeated for emphasis or unity. "All that we see or seem is a dream within a dream... Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?" (Poe's "A Dream Within A Dream", line 10-11/23-24). "A dream within a dream" is repeated several times to induct the memo of the story several times.
3. Aphorism- A general truth or observation about life, usually stated concisely and pointedly. "And I hold within my hand grains of the golden sand" (Poe's "A Dream Within A Dream", lines 14-15). This part of the poem shows the general truth that life is slipping away at our finger-tips.
4. Rhyme- Words rhyme when the sounds of their accented vowels and all succeeding sounds are identical. "As others saw -- I could not bring
My passions from a common spring" (Poe's "Alone", lines 3-4). The words "bring" and "spring" rhyme.
5. Connotation- An association that a word calls to mind in addition to its dictionary definition. "Of a most stormy life -- was drawn" (Poe's "Alone", line 10). "Stormy life" is references in a depressing childhood of a connotation.
6. Metaphor- A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as". "From the lightning in the sky As it pass'd me flying by -- From the thunder, and the storm" (Poe's "Alone", line 19). The storm is a metaphor for something that kept Poe down all the time for he was lonely.

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1. "Edgar Allan Poe." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 27 Oct. 2016. Web. 06 Apr. 2017.
2. "Edgar Allan Poe." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 01 Aug. 2016. Web. 06 Apr. 2017.
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4. Giordano, Robert. "A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe." Poestories. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Apr. 2017.

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This poem is about living the dream within a dream, which shows that human life as we know it is slipping away like "sand" as time passes by as we get older, we soon realize and reflect upon our past-lives as if it were a dream within a dream. The theme of this poem is realizing that your life should be worth living, so that once the end of your life comes, you can reflect upon how you lived your life. "Through my fingers to the deep, while I weep -- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp them with a tighter clasp?" (Poe, lines 17-20). This quote focuses on the perception of reflection or that one's life is coming to an end, and throughout one's life, the lives we live are some sort of dream. The poem's structure is inferred upon two stanzas, and within each stanza leads to the question of wonder of if we're living in a dream within a dream.  "In 1827, he [Edgar] moved to Boston and enlisted in the United States Army." (poets.org). This quote may have influenced Edgar to write this poem for he should be proud that he served his country, but it also took time away from actually living his life. "After Virginia's death from tuberculosis in 1847, Poe's lifelong struggle from depression and alcoholism worsened" (poets.org). This quote shows that Poe's depression had influenced this sort of poem for he initially had thought that everything good about his life was being taken away from him, and that there wasn't much to live for. In this case, Poe had to have written his poem to show he should've viewed life in a different way.

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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe's short stories and poems captured the imagination and interest of readers around the world. His storytelling led to literary innovations. Some aspects of his life, like his literature, is enveloped in mystery. Poe never really knew his parents. His mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was a British actress who passed away from tuberculosis when he was three years old. His father, David Poe Jr., was an actor who left the family early in Poe's life. Poe was also separated from his brother William and his sister Rosalie. Poe lived with John and Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia. By the age of 13, Poe was a prolific poet. He went to the University of Virginia in 1826. He excelled in his classes, yet he did not receive enough money to cover all of his tuition costs. Because of this, he turned to gambling to cover the difference, but ended up in debt. After finding out that his fiancee, Sarah Elmira Royster, had become engaged to someone else, Poe became heartbroken and angry, thus he moved to Boston. Poe published his first book in Boston in 1827 called Tamerlane and Other Poems. He also joined the U.S Army around this time. After leaving the Army, Poe published another book and focused on writing full time. In 1835, Poe landed an editorial position with the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. He began to devote his attention to his cousin, Virginia, who he married in 1836 when she was only 13. Despite his success/popularity as a writer, Poe continued to struggle financially. In 1843, he won a literary prize for "The Gold Bug". The publication of his poem "The Raven" made Poe a literary sensation as it is considered a great American literary work and one of the best of Poe's career. In the poem, he explained common themes of death and loss. Poe would examine his own writing in several essays, including "The Philosophy of Composition" and "The Poetic Principle". Poe was overcome by grief after the death of Virginia in 1847. From this, he suffered from poor health and still struggled financially. On October 3, Poe was found in great distress in which he was taken to Washington College Hospital where he died on October 7, 1849. It was said that Poe died of "congestion of the brain" but his actual cause of death has been on endless speculation. Poe has become one of America's most enduring writers which has created stories/poems that still surprise and move today's readers.

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By: Arber Hoxhalli and RJ Ibe (P.6)

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"A Dream Within A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)

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"A Dream Within A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)

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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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From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were -- I have not seen
As others saw -- I could not bring
My passions from a common spring --
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow -- I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone --
And all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone --
Then -- in my childhood -- in the dawn
Of a most stormy life -- was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still --
From the torrent, or the fountain --
From the red cliff of the mountain --
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold --
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd me flying by --
From the thunder, and the storm --
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view --