A Valentine Analysis

Author: Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe Type: Poetry Views: 1939

For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies
Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.
Search narrowly the lines!- they hold a treasure
Divine- a talisman- an amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure-
The words- the syllables! Do not forget
The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor
And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
Which one might not undo without a sabre,
If one could merely comprehend the plot.
Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus
Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
Of poets, by poets- as the name is a poet's, too,
Its letters, although naturally lying
Like the knight Pinto- Mendez Ferdinando-
Still form a synonym for Truth- Cease trying!
You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.

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There is in fact a name in the poem..it is Frances Sargent Osgood and she was herself a writer. With some research I found that they had a relationship thorugh writing to each other and she was in fact married to another man. So perhaps he did want to steal her away from him. The line "although naturally lying" is a play on words but it is a play on words because of the man named afterwards Fernidando Mendez...he was a Portugese tarveller and when he made records of his travels he often overexagerated or lied...hence " naturally lying like the knight Pinto-Mendez Ferninando"

| Posted on 2007-09-23 | by a guest

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To me it seems that Poe is trying to say that love is all games. He has the line of -It;s letters Although naturally lying- this to me seems as though he is trying to say that when words are written they may mean nothing, but wehn they are spoken they come to life.

| Posted on 2007-05-04 | by a guest

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The answer to the riddle is found by taking the first letter of the fist line F and the second of the second r. When you do this throughout the whole poem, you get the name FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD. Who, as even I know, ( a fourteen year-old girl) is another great poet. He had a crush on her and this poem was his valentine to her! DUH!

| Posted on 2005-04-04 | by Approved Guest

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Wow, this is a toughie, but I'll give it a shot. Only because it's Valentine's Day (puke) He is in love with a woman and terrified to tell her because he's been lied to before.He's telling her if she would be with him all eyes(and treasure) would be hers. Perhaps he's trying to win her from another man. As far as the riddle, at first glance I thought the answer to it was his woman's name, but now I think there is no answer. I can only guess it's a love tactic used to keep this woman forever guessing, perhaps the only way the author feels will keep her around.

| Posted on 2005-02-14 | by tunelover

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