Edgar+Allen(JB&AS)

 "[|With me poetry has been]    [| not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not - they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind."]     **(Liukkonen)** 
 * I. Introduction**

  Nine score and nineteen years ago a truly great American poet, short story writer,       <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> and author was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His name was Edgar Allan Poe, and he wrote a combined total of more than 100 poems, fictional stories, short stories, and essays. <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(242, 58, 58); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(241, 39, 39);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">     <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(242, 58, 58); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(241, 39, 39);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> He wrote stories in the genre of horror fiction, crime fiction, and detective fiction, and was given credit for contributing to the development of science fiction. A few of his most famous works are the short stories “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and the poem “The Raven.” “The Valley of Unrest” may not be one of his most popular poems, but it is still full of meaning and literary elements.([|Merriman]) <span style="display: block; font-size: 150%; color: rgb(242, 58, 58); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(241, 39, 39);"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**II. Biography**

Edgar Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809. His parents, David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Hopkins Poe, were both actors. Both of his parents died while he was still very young. Edgar was split up with his two siblings and he sent to John Allan in Richmond. He was never legally adopted and he took Allan for his middle name. His brother, William, died at a young age and his sister, Rosalie, became insane. By the time that he was five, Poe could recite entire passages of English poetry. A teacher of his in Richmond once said, “While the other boys wrote mere mechanical verses, Poe wrote genuine poetry; the boy was a born poet.” During the years of 1815-1820, Poe was raised in England. He went to Manor School at Stoke Newington which is a setting for his story ‘William Wilson’. Edgar a    ttended the University of Virginia but he was expelled for not paying off debts. Because of his lethargy to pay back the money, Allan disowned him. ([|Liukkonen]) In 1827 Poe joined the U.S. Army under the name, Edgar A. Perry. He was sent to Sullivan’s Island (South Carolina) which became setting for his works ‘The Gold Bug’ and ‘The Balloon Hoax’. Then, in 1833, he moved in with his aunt, Mrs. Maria Clemm. He won a $50 prize for his short story ‘MS Found in a Bottle’ and he became a staff member of magazines. He married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm (icky =p), but she died in 1847. After her death, Poe started to lose his conflict with alcohol and drugs. He then had a few more romances, some of them being with already married women. This time period (1833-1844) brought about some of his best work. ([|Liukkonen]) Edgar Allan Poe started off his career with success in France and England. He was not very well-known in America but he became popular in the United States when Ambroce Bierce and Robert W. Chambers showed interest in him. Over the span of his life Poe dealt with depression and madness. In 1848 he even attempted suicide. In the September of ’49 he disappeared fo    r three days after a drinking a lot at a birthday party. He showed up in Baltimore delirious and died on October 7, 1849. ([|Liukkonen]) ** III. Poem **

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(3, 2, 2);"> **"The Valley of Unrest" [|Click Me] ** Once it <span style="color: rgb(244, 31, 31);">s miled a <span style="color: rgb(246, 40, 40);">s ilent dell A Where the people <span style="color: rgb(246, 49, 49);">d id not <span style="color: rgb(243, 27, 27);">d well; A They had gone unto the wars, B--><span style="color: rgb(21, 28, 239);">//Sight Rhyme// Trusting to the mild-eyed stars, B--><span style="color: rgb(22, 46, 248);">//Sight Rhyme// (<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(26, 61, 249);">//Mild Eyed Stars =// Personification //)// Nightly, from their azure towers, C To keep watch above the flowers, C In the midst of which all day D The red sunlight <span style="color: rgb(251, 19, 19);">l azily <span style="color: rgb(245, 25, 25);">l ay. D Now each <span style="color: rgb(251, 9, 36);">v isitor shall confess E<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The sad <span style="color: rgb(250, 20, 20);">v alley's restlessness. E (<span style="color: rgb(21, 0, 255);">//The...restlessness =// Personification ) Nothing there is motionless- E (<span style="color: rgb(14, 38, 246);">Parallelism //)// Nothing save the airs that brood F Over the magic solitude. F <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(3, 2, 2);"> Ah, by no wind are stirred those trees G-- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">  ↓ That palpitate like the chill seas G (<span style="color: rgb(4, 0, 255);">Simile and Tactile Imagry ) (<span style="color: rgb(12, 10, 250);">Slant Rhyme ) Around the misty Hebrides! G-↑ Ah, by no wind those clouds are driven H <span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 14);">Th at rustle <span style="color: rgb(249, 16, 16);">th rough <span style="color: rgb(249, 11, 11);">th e unquiet Heaven H (<span style="color: rgb(14, 23, 241);">//That Rustle =// Auditory Imagery ) Uneasily, from morn till even, H Over the violets there that lie I In myriad types of the human eye- I Over the lilies <span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8);">th ere <span style="color: rgb(253, 13, 13);">th at <span style="color: rgb(250, 10, 10);">w ave J (<span style="color: rgb(14, 12, 237);">//The Lillies there that Wave; Weep =// Personification //)// And <span style="color: rgb(245, 5, 5);">w eep above a nameless grave! J <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(3, 2, 2);"> They wave:- <span style="color: rgb(251, 9, 9);">fr om out their <span style="color: rgb(249, 26, 26);">fr agrant tops K  <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(3, 2, 2);"> Eternal <span style="color: rgb(251, 9, 9);">d ews come <span style="color: rgb(254, 11, 11);">d own in <span style="color: rgb(251, 4, 4);">d rops. K They weep:- from off their delicate stems L Perennial tears descend in gems. L media type="youtube" key="D4fXbtsykZI" height="344" width="425" [|Click Me] **(The Valley of Unrest)**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__ Translation __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> There once was a silent valley Where people did not live They had gone away to wars Trusting the stars To keep watch from the sky Over the flowers below at night While the sun watched during the day

Now each visitor will confess That the valley is restless Nothing there stays still Nothing but the air That sits above the valley The trees are not rustled by the wind Like the sea is Around the misty Hebrides The clouds aren't blown Up above in the Heavens Uneasily all day long Over the violets on the ground In as many varieties as the human eye Over the lilies that wave And cry above the earth They drop from their petals Dew in the form of tears That shine like gems

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(3, 2, 2);">**<span style="font-size: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">IV. Conclusion ** “The Valley of Unrest”, like most of Poe’s poems, is of a dark and gloomy nature. There are patches of light in this work, but all of them get drowned out with his solitude and gloom. We were surprised that such a minor piece of Poe’s would have all of the meaning and literary elements that the “The Valley of Unrest” had.

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(3, 2, 2);"> **<span style="font-size: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">V. Works Cited ** Dec. 2006. 11 Nov. 2008 <http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/poe/ valley.html>.
 * Bonver, Edward. "Edgar Allan Poe: The Valley of Unrest." __Poetry Lovers' Page__. 15

"Edgar Allan Poe Pictures and Photos." __Famous Poets and Poems__. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008 <http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/pictures/edgar_allan_poe.jpg>.

Liukkonen, Petri. "Edgar Allan Poe (1808-1849)." __Books and Writers__. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008 <http://www.kirjato.sci.fi/eapoe.htm>.

Merriman, C. D. "Edgar Allan Poe." __The Literature Network__. 2008. 31 Nov. 2008 <http://www.online-literature.com/poe/>.

"Psalm 23." __Life in the Holy Land__. 5 Nov. 2008. 12 Dec. 2008 <http://lifeintheholyland.com/psalm_23.htm>.**

<[|http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fXbtsykZI]>.**
 * "The Valley of Unrest." __Youtube__. 2008. 13 Dec. 2008