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Title: The title of the poem expresses the significance that the narrator put on his fantasies by referring to his dreams as a state of apotheosis

Paraphrase parts of the poem: "joy departed"- Meaning no longer joyous or containing joy. “But a waking dream of life and light hath left me broken-hearted”- The narrator articulates his fears of when his fantasy world will come to an end. Connotation: "broken-hearted"- His heart isn't literally broken, but he is devastated or sad. "What is not a dream by day"- This doesn't literally mean that dreams during the day, but what one dreams at all. Attitude: In my opinion, the attitude of the poem is one that is introverted, or even emotionally inept, as if "his" message is not to be shared with society. This seems like a sensitive subject for the narrator, as he shares his deepest thoughts and feelings.

Shift: I feel that there is a shift between "In visions of the dark night", and "But a waking dream of life and light", the first quotes creates a dark, depressing state for me, while the second quote creates one that is more joyful.

Title Revised: I feel that "A Dream" has significance as the narrator discusses his very own dream. His dream ,I feel, is to live in his own fantasy wold, undisturbed.

Theme: The theme of this poem is how the narrator wants to live in his own dreams, maybe because of traumatic life experiences. He finds more comfort in his fantasy world than he does reality and fears the day that his fantasy world will cease.

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Title: A Summer’s Dream by Elizabeth Bishop sound like it will be happy and uplifting.

Paraphrase: In this poem, I feel as if Bishop is observing these 4 characters in one room and making a poem about them. The owl seems a bit random. The poem, although it is titled A Summer's Dream which makes you think of sunny, fun and happy things, seems like a contradiction to the actual poem which has nothing to do with summer and who's tone has dark feelings at times.

Connotation:

Diction: wharf, geraniums, linoleums, somn ambulist

Attitude: The attitude of the author is a mix between dreamy and gloomy. She doesn't stick to one subject and jumps from one thing to another. This moment seems like a real moment but pictured in a dreamy way where her attention shifts from one thing to another.

Tone: I hate repetition but her tone seems dreamy, smooth and gloomy at times.

Shift(s): I think these two verses are where the poem shifts from normal, content to serious and gloomy. Extraordinary geraniums crowded the front windows, the floors glittered with assorted linoleums.

Every night we listened for a horned owl. In the horned lamp flame, the wallpaper glistened.

Title revisited: The title is referring to a memory and the poem is the description of part of the memory that she allows us to see into. She gives us details that make us question the title but in all the title is what she got out of the memory although we can extract other feelings from the poem.

Theme: Im struggling on this one...