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Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Kenneth Bauman (1/20/2012 12:14:00 PM)
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Poe is teaching something in Eldorado. He is secretly telling where Eldorado is as Poe will not be around much longer (yes he knew this) . Poe faked his murder and went to France for a reason. Why on earth did a Frenchman (Baudelaire) begin to translate Poe's work in 1852 if Poe himself didn't orchestrate the project? Poe is telling an American secret in Eldorado. It's not on land! ! but over the arch of the nine mountains in the line of the shadow! ! for a distance from somewhere... Poe was running from his demise in America...it was time for him to go. Poe was absolutely brilliant. So sad he's been painted black here in this country. Write me: kabauman86@hotmail.com
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Assorted Thoughts (1/7/2012 10:53:00 PM)
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Good comment, YAH
I have to admit, most of Poe's material goes right over my head
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Dwight Moody Bernardo (1/7/2012 10:15:00 PM)
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This is one of the most artistic poems I've read... the story is deep... Indeed E.A.P IS and always will be a great writer
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Udiah Witness to YAH (1/7/2012 8:14:00 AM)
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Congratuations Conor Brown! ! ! While some others may have alluded to or even meant it vaguely, you hit it right on the head! ! ! ! ! Poe is searching for a final place to lay his head. He's been searching and searching for that Utopia of his day (i.e. Eldorado, the golden city - the final place of peace and happiness) away from the criticism of his day. While others thought he was nothing but a drunk, idiot, etc.... He knew in His heart, that he had tried his best to make people think, to bring to light the truth, and thus create an Eldorado here on Earth, in his passing moment, a moment in which he finally had become so discouraged, and facing death, that he realized the Utopia was never nor ever here, nor could ever be made to be here. In the shadow (i.e. Death) It was then He realized that the Utopia he was searching for all his life, was far beyond even his range. But yet there was just one last chance, one hope, one final time: yes, it was heaven, and reachable only by one fast and final ride, a ride of the soul, though the valley of death! ! ! ! And how do we make through the valley of death? ? ? ? Yes, correct! ! ! ! a 9.9 only because Poe feared to say it. We should read Poe much more often! ! ! !
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Skylar Beet (1/7/2012 3:40:00 AM)
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if its soo good? then why is only 7.7 out of 10? who votes anyways? ? im new to this so i don't really know OH and when your poem (blah blah online) what does that mean? does it mean someone is reading it? please answer, thanks :)
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Jeline Loh Jen-Li (1/7/2012 3:28:00 AM)
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Hi there, Do check out all my poems!
I would love to take you to another world!
Is Silence A Good Noise
Silence is Golden
Be silent when you can
If you know nothing best to be silent
If you know something be humble
At the end of day it is silence that matters
Feeling tired and lethargy
A calm surrounding helps
Rather than busy noises
I could use a silence or two
To rejuvenate my soul
In the still of night silence brings peace
To remain in the quietness
Seems like a pleasant noise
Hush my soul
Sshhhhhh
Copyrighted @ Jeline Loh
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Smoky Hoss (11/18/2011 7:00:00 PM)
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I have to agree with Juan O. (below) , this is such a great poem, I continue to return to read it often. It truly is, in my opinion, one of the best.
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Juan Olivarez (11/18/2011 5:56:00 PM)
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I rate this poem as one of the greatest ever written. Poemhunter only goes up to ten I would rate it at least a hundred. Not withstanding the blindness of Kevin Straw.
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Domingo Castillo (10/29/2011 11:31:00 PM)
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This is my alltime favorite poem, memorized in 9th grade.
Eldorado is a mystical city of gold that Spaniards conjured. The Spanish knight spends his last part of his life trying to find this city of Eldorado. He has gotten weak and old and asks a pilgrim shadow. He's sent o'er the mountains, still on a wild goose chase, for the nonexistant city. The foolish Spaniards believed in Spain, that there was 7 cities of pure gold in America. They also believed Don Quixote was fighting dragons on his travels, when in reality, he was attacking Norwegian windmills. Traveling Spaniard's imaginations were wild and Spaniish people were quick to believe what they heard. They also thought the world was square.
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Smoky Hoss (1/7/2011 11:33:00 AM)
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Too bad Poe did not live into old age, then perhaps having seeked out Eldorado for much longer he could have written a conclusion poem to this one. It would have been interesting.
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