{"id":1986,"date":"2017-01-16T17:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:42:17","slug":"a-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/a-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dream Within a Dream \u2014 Edgar Allan Poe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Poem 16 \u2014 100 Days of Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe | Read by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJ6HXSO1JYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Poem:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>A Dream Within a Dream<\/em> by Edgar Allan Poe is a contemplative and philosophical poem that explores the nature of reality and the fleeting passage of time. Poe uses vivid imagery, like grains of sand slipping through one\u2019s fingers, to represent the transient nature of life and the existential questions that arise when we confront the illusory nature of our experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Allan Poe (1809\u20131849) is renowned for his gothic tales and poetry, often delving into themes of mortality, dreams, and the unknown. <em>A Dream Within a Dream<\/em> is a profound reflection on how our perceptions of reality may be nothing more than illusions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>A Dream Within a Dream \u2014 Edgar Allan Poe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Take this kiss upon the brow!<br \/>\nAnd, in parting from you now,<br \/>\nThus much let me avow:<br \/>\nYou are not wrong who deem<br \/>\nThat my days have been a dream;<br \/>\nYet if hope has flown away<br \/>\nIn a night, or in a day,<br \/>\nIn a vision, or in none,<br \/>\nIs it therefore the less gone?<br \/>\nAll that we see or seem<br \/>\nIs but a dream within a dream.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I stand amid the roar<br \/>\nOf a surf-tormented shore,<br \/>\nAnd I hold within my hand<br \/>\nGrains of the golden sand\u2014<br \/>\nHow few! yet how they creep<br \/>\nThrough my fingers to the deep,<br \/>\nWhile I weep\u2014while I weep!<br \/>\nO God! can I not grasp<br \/>\nThem with a tighter clasp?<br \/>\nO God! can I not save<br \/>\nOne from the pitiless wave?<br \/>\nIs all that we see or seem<br \/>\nBut a dream within a dream?<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>My Reflections on the Poem:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>A Dream Within a Dream<\/em> is one of those poems that challenges our understanding of reality, leaving us to wonder whether everything we experience is an illusion. Recording this poem brought out the intensity of Poe\u2019s existential questions, and I found myself reflecting on how quickly time slips away, just as the grains of sand slip through one\u2019s fingers in the poem.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post is part of my <em>100 Days of Poetry<\/em> series, where I embarked on a journey to record and share 100 poems over 100 days in 2017. Although the series was interrupted, I\u2019m delighted to continue sharing these timeless works with you.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fa-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/a-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/a-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/a-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 16 \u2014 100 Days of Poetry &nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fa-dream-within-a-dream-edgar-allan-poe%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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