"Evening Star"....what does it stand for?

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In One of Edgar Allen Poe's poems "evening star" Was that poem soley about his wife?Because i know in his other works that most of them were about his wife. I believe it erfers to her, but i'm not sure. If u have any comments on the subject please reply...

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000

Answers

Christina,

The poem "Evening Star" was first published in his volume "Tamerlane and Other Poems" in 1827 when Poe was but 18 years old. Some of the poems included in the volume were said to have been written as early as the age of 14. While we cannot know this for sure, many of the poems in this volume reflect an idealistic nature bursting with boyhood passions and tempered only by youthful naivetC). It is my understanding this poem was not published again during his life time, but I cannot support this assumption.

It appears to be an expression of the poet's idealistic measure of himself or his young life with the light-giving beauty of celestial bodies, specifically, the moon and the Evening Star. He refers to the coldness of the light of the moon and turns from it to the warmth he feels from the evening star that is more closely analogous to his young heart and youthful passions than... "Than that colder, lowly light."

Regards,

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000


Christina,

The word naivetC)did not convert properly from my word processor to the forum posting. I apologize, it should read... naivete.

Regards,

-- Anonymous, November 13, 2000


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