Self and Dream Self
Self and Dream Self - meaning Summary
Waking and Dreaming Selves
The poem contrasts a weary waking life with a persistent "dream self" that feels younger, deathless and mythic. Dreams unfold slowly in twilight settings that seem believable yet fragile, where lovers and urgencies fail to hold. The speaker drifts through recurring, changing scenes and episodes of survival, then is jolted back to waking identity as the dream fragments. Overall it explores identity, continuity and the porous boundary between dreaming and waking.
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