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17 Oct Eldorado Poem by Edgar Allan Poe
The poem’s title, ‘El Dorado,’ refers to a mythical city made of gold. The poem’s title, ‘El Dorado,’ refers to a mythical city made of gold. This article explores the summary, theme, and form of Eldorado Poem, before delving into four stanzas that reflect the...
26 Aug The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe TRUE!-NERVOUS–very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses–not destroyed–not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard...
26 Aug The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in November 1846. The Cask of Amontillado The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the...
19 Aug The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The Masque of the Red Death The red death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its...
31 Dec The Poetic Principle
The Poetic Principle by Edgar Allan Poe The Harvard Classics, 1909-14. The Poetic Principle In speaking of the Poetic Principle, I have no design to be either thorough or profound. While discussing, very much at random, the essentiality of what we call Poetry, my...
19 Dec Old English Poetry
Old English Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe. Old English Poetry It should not be doubted that at least one-third of the affection with which we regard the elder poets of Great Britain should be-attributed to what is, in itself, a thing apart from poetry-we...
25 Nov Don’t Quit by Edgar Albert Guest
Don’t Quit by Edgar Albert Guest When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, when the funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, when care...
31 Dec The City in the Sea
The City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down within the dim West, Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best Have gone to their...