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    A Dream Within A Dream (by: Edgar Allan Poe) AUTHORS:

     realities in life  Edgar Allan Poe - (January 19, 1809 –


     can’t fully grasp the situation October 7, 1849) was an American writer,
     the author wants to look back editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known
     a poem that delves into the themes of reality, for his poetry and short stories, particularly
    illusion, and fleeting nature of time his tales of mystery and the macabre. His
     explores the significance and reality of life. wife died.
     Poe described how the death of his wife  Robert Frost - was an American poet who
    made him feel betrayed by time and life depicted realistic New England life through
    itself. language and situations familiar to the
    common man. He won four Pulitzer Prizes
    for his work and spoke at John F. Kennedy's
    Fire and Ice (by: Robert Frost) 1961 inauguration.
     Andrew Marvell – politician, civil servant
     about emotions and satirist, Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
     desire and hatred led a vibrant, accomplished life that scholars
     suggests that destruction is inevitable and historians know relatively little about.
     Fire- symbolizes passion lust, desire
     Ice- symbolizes a simmering, hatred or
    revenge something slow but deadly.

    The Road Not Taken (by: Robert Frost)


     the importance of our choices, both big and
    small, since they shape our journey through
    life.
     about making choices

    To His Coy Mistress (by: Andrew Marvell)


     two lovers
     tempting / provoking to do sex intercourse
     many illusions and hyperbole
     it celebrates beauty, youth, and sexual
    pleasure
     a metaphysical poem in which the speaker
    attempts to persuade his resistant lover that
    they should have sexual intercourse.

    A Dream (by: Edgar Allan Poe)


     tone: longing for happiness in the past
     describes how a speaker experiences depths
    of dispiritedness and despair
     Poe explained how the reality of life is
    painful than his past
     He would rather dream, and avoid reality
    because of how the abrasive effects of
    reality have beaten and shaped him.
     Poe eventually realizes that death is
    preferred to living without his love.

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