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A Dream Analysis
Author: Poetry of William Blake Type: Poetry Views: 1893
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Once a dream did weave a shade
O'er my angel-guarded bed,
That an emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.
Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,
Dark, benighted, travel-worn,
Over many a tangle spray,
All heart-broke, I heard her say:
"Oh my children! do they cry,
Do they hear their father sigh?
Now they look abroad to see,
Now return and weep for me."
Pitying, I dropped a tear:
But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied, "What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?
"I am set to light the ground,
While the beetle goes his round:
Follow now the beetle's hum;
Little wanderer, hie thee home!"
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.: My opinion :.
This poem is about a boy, like everyone above has commented and he dreams of an ant lying in a field of grass. He see's a mother ant, all frustrated and emotions splayed (5,6), she has lost her children and it is a highly disturbing dream. The ant is described as "travel worn" so she could have been looking for her children for a while.
The narrator's looks of pity are reprimanded by a passing glow worm who calls him a "wailing wight" (16). Subsequently the glow worm asks him to rush home. Now, the glow worm could be addressing the boy or the ant.
In short this poem could mean how sometimes even pitying for a fellow being is scorned about in this world.
| Posted on 2007-09-22 | by a guest
This poem is about a boy, like everyone above has commented and he dreams of an ant lying in a field of grass. He see's a mother ant, all frustrated and emotions splayed (5,6), she has lost her children and it is a highly disturbing dream. The ant is described as "travel worn" so she could have been looking for her children for a while.
The narrator's looks of pity are reprimanded by a passing glow worm who calls him a "wailing wight" (16). Subsequently the glow worm asks him to rush home. Now, the glow worm could be addressing the boy or the ant.
In short this poem could mean how sometimes even pitying for a fellow being is scorned about in this world.
| Posted on 2007-09-22 | by a guest
.: funny how things change :.
when i first read this poem i was completely convinced that it was a depressing journey. But after long hours of study for my college level class i came to the conclusion that this poem is nothing more that a light-hearted child dreaming of an unknown world
| Posted on 2007-01-25 | by a guest
when i first read this poem i was completely convinced that it was a depressing journey. But after long hours of study for my college level class i came to the conclusion that this poem is nothing more that a light-hearted child dreaming of an unknown world
| Posted on 2007-01-25 | by a guest
.: Tip :.
Read this poem along with "Cradle Song" and it will be easier to understand. It'll allow you to compare the corresponding poem in "Songs of Innocence" to this poem. This should definately help you understand the poem better because you'll be able to see the change in history that occured between the writing of these two poems and be able to better interpret the child's dream of the wandering ant. Because in "Cradle Song" he stresses the idea that the mother is watching over the newborn child and now the child dreams of a lost ant searching for her children...
| Posted on 2006-01-29 | by Approved Guest
Read this poem along with "Cradle Song" and it will be easier to understand. It'll allow you to compare the corresponding poem in "Songs of Innocence" to this poem. This should definately help you understand the poem better because you'll be able to see the change in history that occured between the writing of these two poems and be able to better interpret the child's dream of the wandering ant. Because in "Cradle Song" he stresses the idea that the mother is watching over the newborn child and now the child dreams of a lost ant searching for her children...
| Posted on 2006-01-29 | by Approved Guest
.: Simple Things :.
My question reading this is, how deep is it? I'm struck by the seeming simplicity of some classics. Always look up the difficult words. Emmet is an ant. The child dreams of a lost bug, and interactions in the bug world. Is it mere childish whimsy? An expression of innocence? Is there some larger religious allegory going on? "Little wanderer" is the Emmet, but is it also the dreamer? We don't know much about the dreamer, other than that he dreams about bugs. Why would he dream his bed is a grassy field? Is that a recurring Blake symbol? Is there some greater context from the collection of poems or Blakes life that we can apply here, to enrich our understanding of the poem, or should we just enjoy it's clarity and the talking bugs?
| Posted on 2005-10-25 | by Approved Guest
My question reading this is, how deep is it? I'm struck by the seeming simplicity of some classics. Always look up the difficult words. Emmet is an ant. The child dreams of a lost bug, and interactions in the bug world. Is it mere childish whimsy? An expression of innocence? Is there some larger religious allegory going on? "Little wanderer" is the Emmet, but is it also the dreamer? We don't know much about the dreamer, other than that he dreams about bugs. Why would he dream his bed is a grassy field? Is that a recurring Blake symbol? Is there some greater context from the collection of poems or Blakes life that we can apply here, to enrich our understanding of the poem, or should we just enjoy it's clarity and the talking bugs?
| Posted on 2005-10-25 | by Approved Guest
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