Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ENIGMA, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Seldom we find,' says solomaon don dunce Last Line: Of the dear names that lie concealed within't. | ||||||||
"Seldom we find," says Solomon Don Dunce, "Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet. Through all the flimsy things we see at once As easily as through a Naples bonnet -- Trash of all trash! -- how can a lady don it? Yet heavier far than your Petrarchan stuff -- Owl-downy nonsense that the faintest puff Twirls into trunk-paper while you con it." And, veritably, Sol is right enough. The general tuckermanities are arrant Bubbles -- ephemeral and so transparent -- But this is, now, -- you may depend upon it -- Stable, opaque, immortal -- all by dint Of the dear names that lie concealed within't. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANNABEL LEE by EDGAR ALLAN POE BRIDAL BALLAD by EDGAR ALLAN POE CATHOLIC HYMN by EDGAR ALLAN POE EULALIE; A SONG by EDGAR ALLAN POE |
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