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How Does This Knight So Hold-And O 'Er His Heart A Shadow'?

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The poem literally and symbolically is about the journey of a “gallant knight” and his search to quest to find Eldorado. But he literally is growing old through his journey and losing his strength to find Eldorado. Also, the poem symbolically about how the shadow fell over his heart as he was aging, and how he was depressed about on finding Eldorado. Eventually, he met a “pilgrim shadow” (spirit) and guide him to the “Valley of the Shadow”. “This knight so hold-And o’er his heart a shadow Fell as he found.” It reveals the most shocking part of the poem because it describes on how long the “gallant knight” had been on this quest to Eldorado for quite a while and how his heart felt depressed and will going to die out. The Poe’s intent describes
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