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Metaphysical poem "The Dream"by John Donne
1. ï Topic: the Metaphysical poem âThe
Dreamâ by John Donne
ï Name: Parmar Jinal B.
ï Roll no.: 16
ï Paper no.: 1 â The Renaissance Literature
ï Semester: 1 M.A.
ï Year: 2013-2014
ï Submitted to: Smt. S. B. Gardi
Department of English
M. K. Bhavnagar University
3. His Metaphysical poems :
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The Flea
The Ecstacy
The Damp
Song: Sweetest Love, I do not go
The Dream
4. ï§ Far-Fetched images
ï§ Conceit
ï§ Dramatic Quality
ï§ All metaphysicals were the men of
learning
ï§ Paradox
5. ï§ âThe Dreamâ is a Metaphysical poem
ï§ The poem is addressed by a lover to his beloved
ï§ Uses the feminine pronoun
ï§ His Dream not based on imagination but based on
reason and logic
âDearest, for nothing worth less than you
Would I have woken up from this dream;
For reality was stronger than fantasy.â
6. ï§
His Dream discontinues not because of her voice
but her eye just like lightening
ï§ He compared to her with an angel
ï§ Donne uses conceit in this line word like
âLightningâ
âAs lightning, or the light of a candle,
Your eyes, and not your noise woke me;â
7. ï§ There is irony in the lines,
âYet I thought thee / â
For thou lovest truthâan angel, at first sightâ
ï§ He compare his love with torch and gave element
of fear, sin and shame for pure love
âLove becomes weak with fear
And if this fear is a mixture of shame, then have honor
Like torches, which must be ready for
Men to light and put out, so you deal with me;â
8. ï§ He expressing his love in a Metaphysical style
ï§ Donne uses Far-fetched images
ï§ Use certain conceit for example images like,
âLighteningâ, âtorchâ, âmixtureâ, âprophaneâ, etcâŠ