Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Methought I was a billow in the crowd Last Line: Gleamed like a pile of crags. Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | ||||||||
METHOUGHT I was a billow in the crowd Of common men, that stream without a shore, That ocean which at once is deaf and loud; That I, a man, stood amid many more By a wayside which the aspect bore Of some imperial metropolis, Where mighty shapes -- pyramid, dome, and tower -- Gleamed like a pile of crags. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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