A utopia is an imagined perfect place or society, often presented as peaceful, fair, and free of suffering. In poetry, utopian imagery may describe an ideal world the speaker longs for or uses to contrast with a flawed reality.
Poets often use utopia to explore hope, desire, political ideals, or the gap between what people wish for and what actually exists.
Example
In the valley where no one locked a door,
children shared bright apples at the gate,
and even the wind seemed gentler there-
a place the speaker could only call a dream.
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[n] a book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
[n] an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
[n] ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects