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[*wind&fire*]

since i know you guys are oh soo smart and oh soo good (hehehe compliments always work ) i was wondering i have to write speach on Edgar Allen Poes' Poem "Eldorado" i ws wondering how would you interpret it??

Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old--
This knight so bold--
And o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow-
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be--
This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied--
"If you seek for Eldorado!"



i love this poem and already have an opinion but i dont want it to influence your reaction... so thanks ^________^

[*Kathleen*]

Mmm...isn't it obvious? I mean, you'd have to be pretty brain dead if you didn't know what Eldorado is. When I read it, I imagine a man in search of Eldorado, but obviously unable to reach it because it's nonexistent.