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Edgar Allan Poe - The Sleeper
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Edgar Allan Poe Bio Part 2
Edgar Allan Poe Bio Part 1
- Left for New York in 1831
- Started writing
- Published "The Sleeper" 1831
- Married his cousin Virginia in 1835
- Virginia suffered from tuberculosis 1842-1847
- Wrote "The Raven"
- Moved to The Bronx
- Died on October 7th 1849
- Born in 1809 in Boston
- Lost his family
- Unofficially adopted by John Allan
- Short on funds
- Moved to Boston in 1827
- Released his first book
- Joined the army as Edgar A. Perry in 1827
- Discharged from US Military
- Disowned by John Allan
Inspiration
- Teased by other children
- Jane Stith Stanard
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Group Discussion Questions
1. What do you feel that the goal of the poet was in writing this piece?
2. Do you feel that Poe was writing from his past? Why or Why not?
3. Do you enjoy this style of poetry? Why or why not?
4. Do you think that writing poetry helped Poe to deal with the challenges of his life, even though he was sharing them with complete strangers? If so, how?
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References
Bio (2014). Edgar Allan Poe Biography. Retrieved from
http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160
Gonzales, S. (2008). The Sleeper, Poetry Analysis. Retrieved from
http://www.essayforum.com/poetry-7/sleeper-analysis-3603/
Poe, E. (1831). The Sleeper. Retrieved from
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178355
Poem Hunter. (n.d.). Edgar Allan Poe. Retrieved from
http://www.poemhunter.com/edgar-allan-poe/biography/
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A Selection From "The Sleeper" (Stanza 1)
At midnight, in the month of June,
I stand beneath the mystic moon.
An opiate vapor, dewy, dim,
Exhales from out her golden rim,
And softly dripping, drop by drop,
Upon the quiet mountain top,
Steals drowsily and musically
Into the universal valley.
The rosemary nods upon the grave;
The lily lolls upon the wave;
Wrapping the fog about its breast,
The ruin moulders into rest;
Looking like Lethe, see! the lake
A conscious slumber seems to take,
And would not, for the world, awake.
All Beauty sleeps!—and lo! where lies
Irene, with her Destinies!
- Irene, the Greek Goddess of Peace
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A Selection From "The Sleeper" (Stanza 2)
Oh, lady bright! can it be right—
This window open to the night?
The wanton airs, from the tree-top,
Laughingly through the lattice drop—
The bodiless airs, a wizard rout,
Flit through thy chamber in and out,
And wave the curtain canopy
So fitfully—so fearfully—
Above the closed and fringéd lid
’Neath which thy slumb’ring soul lies hid,
That, o’er the floor and down the wall,
Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall!
Oh, lady dear, hast thou no fear?
Why and what art thou dreaming here?
Sure thou art come o’er far-off seas,
A wonder to these garden trees!
Strange is thy pallor! strange thy dress!
Strange, above all, thy length of tress,
And this all solemn silentness!
Edgar Allan Poe
More specifically, his poem "The Sleeper"
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