Read the second stanza from "Mutability."
What is the effect of the words poison and pollutes in this
stanza?
We rest.-A dream has power to poison sleep;
We rise. One wandering thought pollutes the day;
We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep;
Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away
They emphasize the idea that thoughts can have negative
effects.
They illustrate the negative effects of pot getting enough
sleep.
They show that negative thoughts alone are able to
destroy one's life.
They suggest that human beings tend to be inherently
negative.