Answer the following
questions (Any two): (i) Who is
the poet of the poem
Eldorado? Why was the knight
disappointed? What did the
knight ask to the shadow?
What did the shadow
indicated through his reply?
(ii) The poem A Passing
Glimpse was tribute to whom?
Which flowers did the poet
name? Explain what did the
poet indicate through the
expression "where woods
have burnt"? (iii) Why was the
author so excited about the
character of Dodu? How long
did the author work The Times
of India? Which childhood
incident revealed his fondness
! for colour?please answer fast
Answers
Answer:
Eldorado" is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in April 1849.
The knight in the poem seeks for physical riches for many years without any hope, leaving him disheartened and at the end of his life.
If one attempts to search for wealth, in hopes happiness will follow, that person will come to the end of their life saddened and in despair.
The poem delivers a reflective moral issue many readers can, in some way or another, relate to. Poe uses the word “shadow” in each of the four stanzas of the poem, each stanza consisting of six lines. The third line in each stanza is where the use of the word shadow is introduced. Though the word occurs multiple times, it has a different meaning each time. The first shadow represents a literal shadow, a casting shadow of the sun. It could also be interpreted as happiness and sadness. The second shadow represents the shadow that has overcome the knight’s heart after much unsuccessful searching. The third shadow represents a live figure, possibly his or maybe an angel. And the fourth shadow figuratively refers to “Valley of the Shadow” (21). The fact the knight has grown old and weak, and must cross “Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow” is seen as a symbol of the knight’s death, relating to the Biblical valley of death (19-21). Through Poe’s use of the word shadow and the period in which the poem was written, readers can understand Poe’s message.
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