All Is Well

Arthur Hugh Clough (1819 1861)

Whatever you dream, with doubt possessed,
Keep, keep it snug within your breast,
And lay you down and take your rest;
And when you wake, to work again,
The wind it blows, the vessel goes,
And where and whither, no one knows.
It will all be well: no need of care;
Though how it will, and when, and where,
We cannot see, and can't declare.
In spite of dreams, in spite of thought,
This not in vain, and not for nought,
The wind it blows, the ship it goes,
Though where and whither, no one knows.

POETRY ANALYSIS
Author : Arthur Hugh Clough (1819 1861)
Tittle

: All Is Well

A. COMPREHENSION
In his poem, he invited us to keep calm with all of our doubt to living our life. Positive
thinking and make a belief on ourselves about the something that doubt us will be well. Let
everything go with as it is.
In the eight line, Arthur said Though how it will, and when, and when and when, it shows
that he lets the situations brings ourselves into a good conditions. Even though we cant see
and declare whatever should be happened in the future.
In spite of dream, in spite of thought, is always thinking about something well will comes
true.

B. THEME AND MESSAGE

a. Theme
The theme of this poem is talking about the Positive Thinking, sometimes when someone
having the confidence and positive thinking. It should be helping him/her to make something
happened will be going well
b. Message
When we have confidence of our heart, we got the power that is coming from inside of our
heart to make our belief happened.

C. ANALISYS BASED ON POETRY ELEMENTS

a. Rhythm
The rhythm of this poem is fast. The authors wants to tell the power of confidence in our heart
which is thinking all is well, it should be happened.

b. Sound
The author use AAABCC rhyming pattern

Whatever you dream, with doubt possessed,

Keep, keep it snug within your breast,
And lay you down and take your rest;
And when you wake, to work again,
The wind it blows, the vessel goes,
And where and whither, no one knows.

c. The speaker of this poem is a fictional person. We can imagine that there is someone who
invite to keep calm in doubt possessed.

Whatever you dream, with doubt possessed,

Keep, keep it snug within your breast,
And lay you down and take your rest;
And when you wake, to work again,

d. Personification

The wind it blows, the vessel goes,

And where and whither, no one knows.

D. FORM OF POETRY
This poem is made by two quatrains.

The first quatrain tell about a suggestion to someone who has doubt in his/her dream, so that
he/she makes a belief that their dream will come true.

Whatever you dream, with doubt possessed,

Keep, keep it snug within your breast,
And lay you down and take your rest;
And when you wake, to work again,
The wind it blows, the vessel goes,
And where and whither, no one knows.

The second quatrain tell about whatever happens, surely all will be well.

Twill all be well: no need of care;

Though how it will, and when, and where,
We cannot see, and can't declare.
In spite of dreams, in spite of thought,
This not in vain, and not for nought,
The wind it blows, the ship it goes,
Though where and whither, no one knows.

E. AUTHORS PURPOSE
The author wants to give messages to the reader, that the characteristics of human who has the
confidence and faith of something good should be happened, it will giving the power to make
it happened.