(19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849 / Boston)

poet Edgar Allan Poe
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Evening Star

'Twas noontide of summer,
And mid-time of night;
And stars, in their orbits,
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  • Podge Nachofold (4/3/2013 4:26:00 PM)

    Hey guys, really loved this poem. It was as if it had taken me to another place. Kia kaha. Ka kete

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  • Aldrich Suarez (4/3/2013 12:34:00 AM)

    Edgar Allan was a very mysterious poet and even his death, .. I think he inserted to this poem his feelings cause by many illness that he has. and gave his last cry at the stars and time to join them.

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  • Danjosh Zeus (4/4/2012 3:14:00 AM)

    sorry for my 1st comment. HONESTLY, IT IS A VERY COOL POEM! very soft and soothing lines....very relaxing and fantastic....i like each of the lines and as a whole.it is a great job!

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  • Manonton Dalan (4/3/2011 7:29:00 AM)

    maybe he feels his time is coming to join cool distant light.

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  • Adnan Khalifeh (4/3/2010 8:07:00 PM)

    I gazed awhile
    On her cold smile;
    Too cold- too cold for me-
    ……………
    And I turned away to thee,
    Proud Evening Star,
    ………………
    And more I admire
    Thy distant fire,
    Than that colder, lowly light.
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    Oh, yes. Whenever you got the feeling that you are alone and the moon is reflecting a miserable lowy cold light on you, that time you start dreaming to chase the far stars until you be burned by its fire.
    I like the poet way of re-evaluating his situation and setting his new target for his new long journey.

    11 person liked.
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  • Ramesh T A (4/3/2010 7:08:00 AM)

    He admires the distant fire like Star than the cold low light Moon near! He is strange and peculiar and unique in thoughts and writings and so, he stands apart from others even today! His experiences in life made him to be so!

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  • Jasmine Allen (4/3/2009 10:29:00 PM)

    its clear that his life has been hard and he really gives it great detail as to comparing it to a summer night. i like it

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  • Han Bin Kim (4/3/2009 7:47:00 PM)

    Everything gives a somewhat dark and gloomy feeling. I don't think Edgar Allan Poe, with his perspective of looking things, could have led a very happy life. His poems are excellent but dark and dreadful to think of... especially in nightmares!

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  • JOSEPH POEWHIT (4/3/2009 9:19:00 AM)

    Poe had a thing with the macabre things of life. Bringing coldness to burning stars and the far lost away feelings of life. Looking at the darker side of the spectrum of things in perspective.

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  • Michael Pruchnicki (4/3/2008 12:45:00 PM)

    A good poem indeed - keep in mind that is a rhymed and metered
    poem typical of nineteenth century American poetry, not as some
    seem to think, an outburst of 21st century emotion!

    Relax and enjoy an excellent poem - for its time!

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