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Similarities Between A Dream And Transcendentalism
Throughout the poem Poe writes about the concept of losing something and not being able to do anything to stop it. In the first stanza he loses someone he loves and in the second stanza he loses grains of sand that fall through his hands. This reveals that dark romantics believe that individuals can never fulfill their dreams because the brutality of life impedes them, in contrast to transcendentalism, where individuals can fulfill their dreams no matter what.
Also, in A Dream Within A Dream, Poe writes that nature is ruthless and dark. This is extremely opposite of transcendentalism, where nature is perfect and should inspire humans to achieve its perfectness. Poe’s writing is more straight forward compared to transcendentalism because transcendentalism
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