Dream Song 29 Themes

In "Dream Song 29," the very first stanza tells us that Henry is sad (you'd be sad too if you had something heavy sitting on your heart). It's the kind of sadness that a lollipop or even a whole bo...

That "reproachful" face in the poem's second stanza really stands out. It seems that feelings of guilt are connected to Henry's sadness. And like the sadness in the first stanza, these guilty feeli...

"Dream Song 29" takes kind of an ugly turn in the third and final stanza. The imagery goes from gloomy to pretty gruesome in the space of a single stanza break. What gives, John? Why all the "hacki...

"Dream Song 29" is kind of a freaky poem—which makes sense. Dreams are freaky. Sometimes they seem so real you wake up certain that what you just dreamt really happened. Other times, they are so...