Christian Gonzalez
4 April 2016
Professor Cassidy
LIT-258
A Dream Lies Dead was created by a well-known poet Dorothy Parker who is famous for her urban poems during the 19th Century. Dorothy Parker was born on August 22, 1893 in West End, New Jersey who had an unfortunate and unhappy childhood as Parker grown and rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Dorothy traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting, as she was very successful with two academic awards, however took a turn that landed her on the Hollywood blacklist, she also went through three marriages and suicide attempt, but kept her title as one of the best poets and her hold on her …show more content…
In the poem "A Dream Lies Dead" the tone throughout the poem shows sadness and mourning as this also seems to be a common theme in Dorothy's other works of poems. The tone of the poem shows similarities of the emotions of the poem and the emotions the poet has experienced in their life. For example, in stanza 4, she states "Importuning life for life. Walk not in woe," it is possible to sense sadness as the poet talks about the death of her mother and step-mother, the death of her uncle that was on the Titanic that went down and followed the death of her father. Another example, in stanza 7 states "With words of hope and Spring and tenderer skies." Shows her mourning her sad childhood as she made a career for her works of poems as she used her emotions to inspire her works that had also lead her to pursue screenwriting, as these show hopes of a feeling positive instead of negative. A final example, in stanza 13, "One little loveliness can be no more" is possible to sense a lost of love as Dorothy has went through three marriages and each has not lasted as this was during the time where marriage was not exactly equal among …show more content…
In the poem, "A Dream Lies Dead" the poet uses a petal in its full bloom breaking away from the tree as a symbol of death as we see dreams as something we cherish and protect and if we are unable to fulfill and let it die, we feel sad. Dorothy uses this to compare death as something that is so wrong that it imbalances the beauty of the world and showcases the imperfectness of this world. For example, in stanza 12 "One little loveliness can be no more" as this could symbol the death of beauty of a dream upon the world in which it the poet has difficulty seeing the beauty of the world as she is surrounded nothing but sadness and struggles with her
4 April 2016
Professor Cassidy
LIT-258
A Dream Lies Dead was created by a well-known poet Dorothy Parker who is famous for her urban poems during the 19th Century. Dorothy Parker was born on August 22, 1893 in West End, New Jersey who had an unfortunate and unhappy childhood as Parker grown and rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Dorothy traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting, as she was very successful with two academic awards, however took a turn that landed her on the Hollywood blacklist, she also went through three marriages and suicide attempt, but kept her title as one of the best poets and her hold on her …show more content…
In the poem "A Dream Lies Dead" the tone throughout the poem shows sadness and mourning as this also seems to be a common theme in Dorothy's other works of poems. The tone of the poem shows similarities of the emotions of the poem and the emotions the poet has experienced in their life. For example, in stanza 4, she states "Importuning life for life. Walk not in woe," it is possible to sense sadness as the poet talks about the death of her mother and step-mother, the death of her uncle that was on the Titanic that went down and followed the death of her father. Another example, in stanza 7 states "With words of hope and Spring and tenderer skies." Shows her mourning her sad childhood as she made a career for her works of poems as she used her emotions to inspire her works that had also lead her to pursue screenwriting, as these show hopes of a feeling positive instead of negative. A final example, in stanza 13, "One little loveliness can be no more" is possible to sense a lost of love as Dorothy has went through three marriages and each has not lasted as this was during the time where marriage was not exactly equal among …show more content…
In the poem, "A Dream Lies Dead" the poet uses a petal in its full bloom breaking away from the tree as a symbol of death as we see dreams as something we cherish and protect and if we are unable to fulfill and let it die, we feel sad. Dorothy uses this to compare death as something that is so wrong that it imbalances the beauty of the world and showcases the imperfectness of this world. For example, in stanza 12 "One little loveliness can be no more" as this could symbol the death of beauty of a dream upon the world in which it the poet has difficulty seeing the beauty of the world as she is surrounded nothing but sadness and struggles with her