dream vision
noun
a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
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“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Also called dream allegory.
Origin of dream vision
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby dream vision
dreamt, dream team, dream ticket, dreamtime, dream up, dream vision, dreamwork, dream world, dreamy, dreamy state, drear
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