Poetry Critique

A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
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?

I chose this poem for a couple reasons. For one, Edgar Allen Poe is my favorite writer and The Raven is my favorite poem. But I also chose it because I like the idea of a dream within a dream... I mean you really have to think about it. I think I've had a dream within a dream once, when I woke up and tried to think about what the dream was I was kinda confused because there were two different ones at once. But anyways, I also like the last couple lines about carrying the sand in his hands and trying to save it from falling in the sea by grasping it tighter but he couldn't it just feel through. It's kind of like when you want some A Lot but no matter how hard you try you just can't have it because that's the way it is and instead you need learn to live with it and make the best of the situation or misfortune (which ever it may be).
I love the title because it is what made me want to read the poem in the first place. Just the title alone makes you think about all the different possibilities and practically make up a story of your own. Plus it basically summerizes what the whole poem is about... but at the same time it doesn't. It does make you wonder though.
He used rhyme in the poem which is one thing I love about Edgar Allen Poe. I love poems that rhyme, they just make the flow so smoothly and give more meaning to me. However, I do like some poems that don't rhyme, but they have to be pretty intense and have really good word choice, word placement, and a good message to make a good impression on me. He also used metaphors? Maybe personification? Talking about the sand and trying to save it? Comparing life and dreams and dreams within dreams. He uses questions to make you think but also understand the message is he trying to convey. I'm sure he uses a lot more things too but I'm running out of time. Yes, they create a feeling within the reader. Oh and by the way, another reason I like Edgar Allen Poe so much is because yes he rhymes, but he Also has incredible word choice and amazing stories/meanings.
The tone is kind of


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