Question

"A Valentine"

by Edgar Allan Poe

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.


Based on the words luminous, treasure, search, lose, scintillating, and riddle that are used in the poem, what does the poet think of love?
A_ Precious but mysterious
B_ Short-lived and fickle
C_Understandable but strange
D_ Well-worn and comfortable

Answer 1

B - Short lived and fickle

Step-by-step explanation:

I'd say this because of the use of the words and the order they are used in. At the beginning of the poem, luminous and treasure describe the woman in the poem positively, whereas closer to the end of the poem, Edgar Allen Poe starts to say that the woman was lying and it was all a riddle, hinting towards this with the words, 'search', and 'lose'.

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