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The Lost Place In Poe's 'Eldorado'

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The world is full of mystery and has things that we would never believe to be true. In addition, there are many places that most people believe have been lost in time or forgotten in history. We learned about some lost places in the world from books that we read, but some people believe that they are just legends or cannot be found, like Atlantis or Camelot. On the other hand, some places in this world can be rediscovered by people who traveled so far to seek these lost places and what happens to them, like Great Zimbabwe, Xanadu, and Mycenae. Some people are also willing to take a chance to find any lost places throughout their lifetime, even if they never find it. Furthermore, it shows the ideas of having the perseverance and the faith for people to do the impossible even if they don’t succeed. In Poe 's poem, “Eldorado,” he tells about the gallant knight’s journey throughout his lifetime: the knight is searching for the lost city of Eldorado; however, he was aging and almost to his end; eventually, the pilgrim shadow (spirit) guided the knight to find Eldorado. Poe starts his poem with unexpected happy words about the knight: “Gaily bedight,/ A gallant knight” (lines. 1-2). It stated that the knight is …show more content…

The poet uses a metaphor in line 3 about in the sunshine and the shadow in his poem. The rhythm is contradicting us from the understanding between the lighter and darker places of the poem. Also, it explains us about the knight travels through the day to shadowy time. He stated lines 4-6 that the knight is taking a long journey to find the lost city of Eldorado, and he’s traveling very happy as well as he’s singing a song. Therefore, it serves a moment of having a good time in traveling was like for us when we are traveling to different

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