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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY FAMILIAR DREAM, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Often I have this dream, strange and penetrating Last Line: The tone of dear voices, those that have died Subject(s): Dreams; Love; Nightmares | |||
Often I have this strange and penetrating dream Of an unknown woman I love and who loves me, And each time she is neither quite the same Nor quite another, but she loves and understands. For she does understand, and my heart, lucid Alas, only for her, is a problem no longer, But only for her, and the fever of my pale brow Only by her can be cooled, as she weeps. Is she dark, fair, or red-haired? I know not. Her name? I remember it is sweet and singing Like those of loved ones whom Life has banished. Her gaze is like the gaze of statues, And her voice, distant, calm, and low, Has the inflection of dear voices that are stilled. | 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 FORGOTTEN TUNE by PAUL VERLAINE |
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