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    Imitation Poem

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    This poem expresses the speaker's bitterness over past dreams and ambitions that went unfulfilled. The speaker reflects on "wild thoughts" and "visions" of his youth that he was unable to achieve. Though these dreams have now passed, taking his "worldly rest" and leaving him with a sigh, he claims not to care that the hopes and lights of his early life now perish along with the thoughts he once cherished. The poem has one stanza with 10 rhyming couplets and explores themes of disappointment, regret, and moving on from past failures through a reflective and bitter tone.

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    Imitation Poem

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    This poem expresses the speaker's bitterness over past dreams and ambitions that went unfulfilled. The speaker reflects on "wild thoughts" and "visions" of his youth that he was unable to achieve. Though these dreams have now passed, taking his "worldly rest" and leaving him with a sigh, he claims not to care that the hopes and lights of his early life now perish along with the thoughts he once cherished. The poem has one stanza with 10 rhyming couplets and explores themes of disappointment, regret, and moving on from past failures through a reflective and bitter tone.

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    This poem expresses the speaker's bitterness over past dreams and ambitions that went unfulfilled. The speaker reflects on "wild thoughts" and "visions" of his youth that he was unable to achieve. Though these dreams have now passed, taking his "worldly rest" and leaving him with a sigh, he claims not to care that the hopes and lights of his early life now perish along with the thoughts he once cherished. The poem has one stanza with 10 rhyming couplets and explores themes of disappointment, regret, and moving on from past failures through a reflective and bitter tone.

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    Imitation Poem

    Uploaded by

    Taylor
    This poem expresses the speaker's bitterness over past dreams and ambitions that went unfulfilled. The speaker reflects on "wild thoughts" and "visions" of his youth that he was unable to achieve. Though these dreams have now passed, taking his "worldly rest" and leaving him with a sigh, he claims not to care that the hopes and lights of his early life now perish along with the thoughts he once cherished. The poem has one stanza with 10 rhyming couplets and explores themes of disappointment, regret, and moving on from past failures through a reflective and bitter tone.

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    Imitation

    A dark unfathom’d tide


    Of interminable pride—
    A mystery, and a dream,
    Should my early life seem;
    I say that dream was fraught
    With a wild, and walking thought
    Of beings that have been,
    Which my spirit hath not seen,
    Had I let them pass me by,
    With a dreaming eye!
    Let none of earth inherit
    That vision of my spirit;
    Those thoughts I would control,
    As a spell upon his soul:
    For that bright hope at last
    And that light time have past,
    And my worldly rest hath gone
    With a sigh as it pass’d on:
    I care not tho’ it perish
    With a thought I then did cherish

    Analysis:
    This poem is composed by one stanza and 20 lines, and it has 10 couplets (pairs of rhyming lines)
    "Imitation" is the title of the poem, which is defined as the action of using someone or something as a
    model or a thing intended to simulate or copy something else. Perhaps the poem demonstrates how people
    in our society are able to easily imitate the ideas and actions of others and give it their own name. It is
    very likely that Poe wrote "Imitation" as he was reflecting on his own life. The speaker in the poem
    regrets his past mistakes which causes him to speak in a bitter tone. The poet indicates that although the
    speaker was unable to fulfill his dreams, he decided to forget about the past and cherish his future. The
    central theme is the speaker's bitterness and disappointment, at failing in his youthful dreams.
    The background of the author may support this interpretation.This poem might have been shaped by the
    situations Poe had to face at the time.There are many instances that could have led to this. For example,
    Sarah Elmira Royster was Poe's fiance at the time however her parents sent her away upon finding out
    about their engagement.
    This could have been one of the reasons why Poe's dreams were crushed. His dream of becoming Sarah's
    husband was tarnished. Poe also was in a massive amount of debt after gambling whilst attending the
    University of Virginia. His wastefulness alienated him from his father which caused Poe to drop out.
    Thus, Poe's dream of graduating college was never fulfilled.These events might have caused him to write
    this poem. The tone is depressing, bitter, disappointment and reflective as well. Poe says, "Let none of
    earth inherit, That vision of my spirit" because he regrets making dreams without action plans. Poe uses
    phrases such as "unfathomed tide" and "interminable pride” that means there are oceans that have yet to
    be explored. He chooses to say, "interminable" instead of saying deep.

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