Georgia Wheatleigh

Funnel-Shaped Dreams

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Here is another warning about becoming obsessed with a dream.

This writer uses the metaphor of a tornado to tell her readers that an intensely moving dream can easily pull a dreamer into its orbit.

Funnel-Shaped Dreams

During the afternoon of 12 July, 1848

there appeared dreams

resembling whirlpools*

They were not ordinary visions.

The centres of the columns changed

owing to violent writhing.

Only a little song fell from any of them, and still

they pulled in listeners.

 

*These were nearer than I ever before saw

Source text: The Ocean by Jordan, William Leighton  Publication date 1885.

Dreams Caught in Eddies Quiz

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Here is another warning against obsession. This writer uses the metaphor of eddies to illustrate the feelings of the intense forces around obsession. Her last line suggests that a person can accidentally fall into obsession if not careful.

She has used this source text: The Ocean: A Treatise on Ocean Currents and Tides and Their Causes by William Leighton Jordan, 1885

Quiz: Dreams Caught in Eddies are

A Comfortable

 B Trustworthy

C Dangerously fanatical

The unavoidable and correct answer is C.

This is a warning to careless dreamers.

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