DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Last Night As I Was Sleeping" by Antonio Machado Originally read: December 14, 2012 More information about the Poet: Antonio Machado On my notes, I note a lot of places where I see cliches: in the first stanza, the discussion of water as a symbol for new life, cleansing, healing etc, and in the third stanza, the sun as being a life comforting force.  These images are not only cliche but a little bit sentimental with "brought tears to my eyes." Yet in the last stanza I note this about these lines:      Last night as I slept,      I dreamt--marvelous error!--      that it was God I had      here inside my heart. "I feel this is subverted; however, it can be taken literally -- so it's up to the writer reader to figure out how to figure out how to interpret the text." I like how I crossed out writer in my own notes.  I don't know anything about Antonio Macha...