Romance, who loves to nod and sing,
With drowsy head and folded wing,
Among the green leaves as they shake
Far down within some shadowy lake,
To me a painted paroquet
Hath been- a most familiar bird-
Taught me my alphabet to say-
To lisp my very earliest word
While in the wild wood I did lie,
A child- with a most knowing eye.
Of late, eternal Condor years
So shake the very Heaven on high
With tumult as they thunder by,
I have no time for idle cares
Through gazing on the unquiet sky.
And when an hour with calmer wings
Its down upon my spirit flings-
That little time with lyre and rhyme
To while away- forbidden things!
My heart would feel to be a crime
Unless it trembled with the strings.
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I love how Poe puts love into a physical form- a condor.
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Mmmk. First off to you people. Don't say "cool poem." Especially if you don't understand what it's about. Seriousla.
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My favorite part in the poem, "I have no time for idle cares
Through gazing on the unquiet sky."
Mmmm. This poem is actually one of my favorite by Poe. -
I did a project on this poem its a good poem!
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its a cool poem!
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It show how its about a man early experiences with love and romance.
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uplifting
i think this poem is about a man's early experiences with love and romance, symbolized by the bird sweetly singing in the wood. The first love is innocent like a child. As the man grows older he can not find love equal to that of his younger days. perhaps a comment on how the first love is usually the toughest to get over. you could go so far as to say that he renounces romance as he has "no time for idle cares." i think romance floats down to him unexpectedly and, even though it is one of the "forbidden things," he feels compelled to embrace it, as it would be a "crime" not to do so.
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i loved it!
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I like it because he expresses his feelings about love. In school I have recited this poem. I'm the only one who didn't mess up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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