Eldorado
Eldorado - fact Summary
Allegory of Poe's Quest
A brief narrative follows a gallant knight who spends his life seeking the mythical Eldorado, grows old without finding it, and finally meets a pilgrim shadow that urges him to ride beyond conventional boundaries in hopes of discovery. The poem is often read as a compact allegory of an ultimately unfulfilled quest. Critics and readers commonly link that theme to Poe’s own lifelong striving for an ideal—success, recognition, or lost love—and to the disillusionment that marked his later years.
Read Complete AnalysesGaily bedight, a 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 shadow fell as he found no spot of ground that looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength failed him at length, he met a pilgrim shadow - "Shadow," said he, "Where can it be - this land of Eldorado?" "Over the Mountains of the Moon, down the Valley of the Shadow, ride, boldly ride," The shade replied - "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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