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Diction

Title

Poe chooses words that are less common to get his point across that poems can confuse people. Words such as: con, don, tuckermantities and within't

I think, from the title that the poem could be very complicated or unclear, because enigma means obscure speech or writing.

After having read the poem we discovered that the poem's title does, in fact, mean confusing.

Assonance

Imagery

Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet.

Bubbles-ephemeral and so transparent

Paraphrase of An Enigma by Edgar Allan Poe.

End-Stop line or Enjambment

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Each line doesn't have its own meaning because Poe uses more than one line to express an idea in hopes to make it more confusing.

THE END!

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Connotation

"Seldom we find," says Solomon Don Dunce,

"Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet.

Through all the flimsy things we see at once

As easily as through a Naples bonnet-

Trash of all trash!- how can a lady don it?

Yet heavier far than your Petrarchan stuff-

Owl-downy nonsense that the faintest puff

Twirls into trunk-paper the while you con it."

And, veritably, Sol is right enough.

The general tuckermanities are arrant

Bubbles- ephemeral and so transparent-

But this is, now- you may depend upon it-

Stable, opaque, immortal- all by dint

Of the dear names that he concealed within 't.

Soloman Don dunce says we hardly find half an idea in an outspoken song through all of the meaningless surface things as easliy as looking through a cheap bonnet. The worst of all trash how can a lady wear it yet much heavier than your fancy stuff. Owl downy nonsense that the weakest use it turns into wasted space in the closet when yo store it and to an extent sol is right. The general firemen are extravagant. Bubbles lasting only a day and transparent. But now this- you might depend on it is stable power cloudy white, immortal all by of the dear names he did not share.

Alliteration:

"Seldom we find," says Solomon Don Dunce.

Symbolism:

Naplas bonnet symbolizes something cheap or old.

Simile:

As easily as through a napals bonnet-trash of all trash. This is comparing a bonnet to trash.

bye-bye!

farewell

Allusion

Sources

as easily as through a napals bonnet

Attitude

http://www.poemhunter.com/edgar-allan-poe/poems/

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Learn About

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160

The attitude is confused. Poe is trying to explain how confusing poetry can be, he is also writing in unfamiliar, less common English which is harder for people to comprehend.

The Author

$100 prize for "The Gold Bug"

Won contest for "The Manuscript in a Bottle"

Shift

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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, and died on October 3, 1849.

Summary

Mood

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160

The shift in this poem is at the end when Poe says "But this is now-..." After this point Poe's writing becomes easier to understand. He uses more commonly known words and phrases.

This poem discusses poetry and explains that is is confusing. It explains that poetry is not only confusing to read, it's also difficult to come up with, and often has bits and pieces of everything in it. The poem helps us to learn that poetry isn't always easy to understand and that we will not always be able to interpret it right away

How does this apply to us: This poem explains to us how poetry is confusing and you might not understand it right away.