![]() It is at once a consequence and an indication of his perennial existence. This thirst belongs to the immortality of Man. We have still a thirst unquenchable, to allay which he has not shown us the crystal springs. There is still a something in the distance which he has been unable to attain. He who shall simply sing, with however glowing enthusiasm, or with however vivid a truth of description, of the sights, and sounds, and odors, and colors, and sentiments, which greet him in common with all mankind - he, I say, has yet failed to prove his divine title. Just as the lily is repeated in the lake, or the eyes of Amaryllis in the mirror, so is the mere oral or written repetition of these forms, and sounds, and colors, and odors, and sentiments, a duplicate source of delight. ![]() It is a perfect example of how a seemingly simple theme can be thoroughly developed using new rich metaphors, which allow human beings to communicate what is otherwise not possible with merely literal forms of communication.Įditor’s Note: The author of this essay has provided a recitation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Eldorado,” in the hope that the tradition of transmitting great classical ideas in the way they always have been, orally, would be brought back to the fore: ![]() From a compositional and conceptual standpoint, “Eldorado” is arguably Edgar Allan Poe’s greatest poem. ![]()
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