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.
Notes
The difficulty of writing a standard acrostic iis here compounded by putting the first letter in the first place on the first line, the second letter in the second place on the second line and so on until the 20th letter is in the 20th place on the 20th line.
poem form:- Acrostic
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Interesting quote: "Poe dedicated several poems to the poetess Frances Sargent Osgood, but almost all of them were in fact already written, at a time or another, for other girls or women" !!!! Scandal!
With this poem, it seems likely it was actually written for her, because of the anagram, but still, its interesting. He also "for a time in real intimacy" with her. Go poe! KEVIN -
This is a masterpiece, combining Poe's poetic talents and his agile, puzzling mind.
I do not know if there is a special name for this type of progressive acrostic but it is a rare and unusual achievement. -
how can one possibly not love Poe? i get lovely chills reading his writing. i even celebrate his birthday.
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o wow i love edgar almost as much as i love shakespear. no even more. he inspires the true feeling that i feel.
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Personally, I think Poe was a bloody Genius! The man created such beautiful work. True, it's dark work, but beatiful nonetheless. I don't think there will ever be another one like Poe. He is my favorite author of all time. It's amazing how he hid that name in there.
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Frances Sargent Osgood was an author along side Poe. Poe was seemingly entranced by her, and actually wrote an essay about her. If I have my facts straight, he attempted to start a relationship with her, and they flirted a bit. However, in 1835 she married Samuel Stillman Osgood, a portrait-painter. She died a year after Poe.
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I am also writing a seven page essay on Edgar Allan Poe, and the hidden meanings in his short stories and poems, if you have anything for me that maybe could help me please respond to this comment.
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More to this than meets the eye
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I love Edgar ALlen Poe...one of the great poets. True poetry that never dies. We can all hope the be that talented.
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For you english students out there in short: the line number is the letter number (example; in line on F is the first letter so F is the first letter in her name);
her name is in three pieces;
her name is Frances Sargent Osgood -
it was said that soon before Virginia, Poes' wife, was to die, she thought poe might need someone to talk to once she's dead. She was a close friend and fellow poetess of him. she died in 1850, but poe died in 1849, and nothing ever happened between them. The reason Poe sorta went insane was because of his wife dying. She was in bed for 2 years!
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This poem is excellent! It's not easy to put together a puzzle like this and be able to have it make sense at the same time. I have much respect for work such as this... it also gives me a little more to work with since I'm writing a seven page essay on Edgar Allan Poe.
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This IS genius. The pattern is really simple, yet not something you would catch or neccessarily think of. I like how Poe sort of teases you in this piece. What I find sort of funny is that I didn't take the line " Of poets, by poets- as the name is a poet's, too" as literally as it is meant - I was looking for a hidden meaning. Strawberrylover, I don't see how you can not like Poe...although he is a bit of an acquired taste.
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i must say interesting. not my favortie poem. it's quite different. nice use of vocabulary. i must say that i dont particularly like this poet.
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Yeah, it is Frances Sargent Osgood...whoever that was.
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From what I get from Anonymous' comment it would be:
Frances Sargent Osgood
As the piece as is, without the anagram/puzzle I think it is a bit too much, but, with the anagram/puzzle I think it is a bit genius, and I have done it myself a few times, tho, no one notices. As I didn't notice in this piece.
I guess it takes a keen eye.
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TO translate E.A.P's valentine,read the first letter of the first line in connection with the second letter in the second line,the third letter in the third line and so on until theend. The name will then reveal itself.
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