Which lines from "Mutability" most reflect a similar idea?

Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings

Give various response to each varying blast

To whose frail frame no second motion brings

One mood or modulation like the last

We rest.-A dream has power to poison sleep;

We rise.-One wandering thought pollutes the day

It is the same!-For, be it joy or sorrow,

The path of its departure still is free

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Troy Byrd

17 December, 19:44

Which lines from "Mutability" most reflect a similar idea?

Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings

Give various response to each varying blast

To whose frail frame no second motion brings

One mood or modulation like the last

We rest.-A dream has power to poison sleep;

We rise.-One wandering thought pollutes the day

It is the same!-For, be it joy or sorrow,

The path of its departure still is free

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Carter Ray · Answer 1

There are two lines in the poem, "Mutability" that express a similar idea:"We rest. - A dream has power to poison sleep; We rise. - One wandering thought pollutes the day; "With the changeable nature of one’s activity throughout a day, resting and rising are seen to be two sides of the same phenomenon, where one struggles with controlling one’s own subconscious thoughts.