Eldorado

By Edgar Allen Poe

Presentation by:Ian Duggan & Nick Aldom

Gaily BedightA 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 shadowFell as he found

No spot of groundThat looked like Eldorado

And, as his strengthFailed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow-“shadow.” said he, “where can it be-

This land of Eldorado”

“Over The MountainsOf the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,Ride, boldly ride,”

The shade replied,-“If you seek for Eldorado!”

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Literary Terms

Gaily bedight,A gallant knight

In Sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,

singing a songIn search of Eldorado

End Rhyme

Alliteration

Atmosphere/Mood

Rhyme SchemeBut he grew old- AThis knight so bold-A

And o’er his heart a shadow-BFell as he found-C

No spot of ground-CThat looked like Eldorado.-B

Assonance, Personification

And, as his strengthFailed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow-“Shadow,” said he,“Where can it be-

This land of Eldorado?”

Parallelism, Slant Rhyme

“Over The MountainsOf the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,Ride, boldly ride,”

The shade replied,-“If you seek for Eldorado!”

Parallelism

Slant Rhyme

Repetition, Symbolism

Eldorado and shadow get repeated in every stanza.

Both shadow and Eldorado symbolize several different things through out the poem.

Eldorado

The End