Questions by kobe08 - Page 45
"A Valentine"by Edgar Allan PoeFor her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes,Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling liesUpon the page, enwrapped from every reader.Search narrowly the lines!they hold a treasureDivinea talismanan amuletThat must be worn at heart. Search well the measureThe wordsthe syllables! Do not forgetThe trivialest point, or you may lose your laborAnd yet there is in this no Gordian knotWhich one might not undo without a sabre,If one could merely comprehend the plot.Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peeringEyes scintillating soul, there lie perdusThree eloquent words oft uttered in the hearingOf poets, by poetsas the name is a poet's, too,Its letters, although naturally lyingLike the knight PintoMendez FerdinandoStill form a synonym for TruthCease trying!You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.Based on the words luminous, treasure, search, lose, scintillating, and riddle that are used in the poem, what does the poet think of love? Precious but mysterious Short-lived and fickle Understandable but strange Well-worn and comfortable