An Analysis of the Dream Visions Depicted in Pearl and Solaris The medieval poem, Pearl, and the science fiction drama, Solaris, offer two uniquely similar takes on the "dream vision" genre. ... And even though their world views of this life and the next are different, their respective depictions of those views are essential to the analysis nonetheless. ... Through his first person point-of-view, we see him lamenting a loss similar to the poem's narrator, that of his wife, Rheya. ... The poem's narrator and Kelvin both greet their respective pearls with a line of questionin...

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The poem "The Love Song of J. ... In this portion of his poem, Eliot uses the "eternal Footman- as a synonym for Death and to blatantly convey the narrator's fear (3). Another good example, within this poem, of careful ruminations about death is when Eliot writes "And would it have been worth it, after all,/Would it have been worth while- (4). ... Indeed, the importance of the poem seems to lie in forcing the same questions the narrator suffers upon the reader, as well. Although this discomfort originates within only the speaker of his poem, Eliot's intention is clearly to extend ...

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