Fragment: the Deserts of Dim Sleep
The speaker enters sleep and describes it as an unknown wilderness bordering this world, with wide and deep recesses.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Dream Literature · 31 words
First lines
I went into the deserts of dim sleep- / That world which, like an unknown wilderness, / Bounds this with its recesses wide and deep-
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Three verse lines present a speaker's entry into sleep through the metaphor of a wilderness.
- Dream Literature — Sleep becomes an unfamiliar world with expansive recesses bordering this one.
Tags
sleep · wilderness · poetic fragment
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Dream Literature
- Length: 31 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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