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Walt Whitman - I Dream’d in a Dream.

I DREAM’D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of the rest of
    the
	earth;
	
I dream’d that was the new City of Friends; 
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love—it led the rest; 
It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city, 
And in all their looks and words.         5

Added: on December 20th, 2005 at 2:10 AM | Viewed: 5997 times | Comments and analysis of I Dream’d in a Dream. by Walt Whitman Comments (1)


I Dream’d in a Dream. - Comments and Information

Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 32. I Dream’d in a Dream.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 3. Calamus
Year: Published/Written in 1900

Comment 1 of 1, added on December 20th, 2005 at 2:10 AM.

To me, this poem emphasizes the impossibility of a city built on love. He "dreams" of one, and even in his utopian dream there is still the rest of the world opposing it.

However, such a city would be invincible, as love conquers all.

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