Dream Song 14 Themes

You don't have to dig very deep into "Dream Song 14" to realize that Henry doesn't feel satisfied with life. He's bored. Really, really, painfully bored. And he lets us know it. But as he lists all...

While "Dream Song 14" certainly doesn't qualify as a nature poem, the natural world does play an important role in it. In fact, the connection between man and nature becomes one of the poem's centr...

Remember that class on literary classics you couldn't stay awake in? Of course you don't. Well, the speaker of "Dream Song 14" shares your lack of enthusiasm for great literature and art (even if i...

Whenever you're reading this poem and thinking, "Hey, what the heck is going on here?" just remember the title: "Dream Song 14." That's right, Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. Or New Jersey. Or w...