Eldorado-
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!"
here are the questions-
1. the first two stanzas of this poem tell how the knight grew old on his quest. what is about to happen to theknight near the end of the poem?
2. what pair of rhyming words is repeated in each stanza?
3. does the word "shadow" mean the same thing in each stanza? explain
4. the shade's reply to the knight is mysterious. what is the shade telling the knight about his quest to Eldorado?
thanks
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1 He is fixing to die 2 Shadow is death Eldorado is eternial life (heaven), Sunshine is life 3 he journeyed in life and in death. Yea though I walk through the valley of death i will fear no evil. 4 the shade is directing him to heaven over the mountains of the moon (Heaven) . Through the valley of death. He was gaily bedight (Wraped in the armor of God).
Eldorado 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!" Edgar Allan Poe
Answers, 1-4: Keep lookin', you're dead any way you look at it. Eldorado is a Buick Riviera in disguise, pilgrim. Now get yer gun.