Analyzing Mood

Eldorado

By Kaycia White

Multiple Choice

Think about a time you had high hopes but were disappointed OR a dream you had that seemed very real. Think of the previously given list of mood word. Which of these words would best describe how this experience made you feel?

• gloomy then sad

• optimistic (hopeful) then despairing (hopeless)

• whimsical (playful) then happy

Analyzing Mood In Eldorado

​From the hook:

1. Share with me and the class what this experience was.

2. This feeling you had from your experience is similar to the feeling you get after reading a text. What is this feeling called?

3. Today we will be reading a poem called Eldorado. We are only focusing on the mood of the poem. Based on the hook, what do you think might happen in this poem?

4. We will read together and annotate for any words or phrases that paint and image for you, or affect how you feel.

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Eldorado - By Edgar Allan Poe

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Gaily bedight,

   A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,   

   Had journeyed long,   

   Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

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​Eldorado (2nd Stanza)

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But he grew old—

   This knight so bold—   

And o’er his heart a shadow—   

   Fell as he found

   No spot of ground

That looked like Eldorado.

Subject | Subject

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​Eldorado (3rd Stanza)

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 And, as his strength   

   Failed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow—   

   ‘Shadow,’ said he,   

   ‘Where can it be—

This land of Eldorado?’

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​Eldorado (4th Stanza)

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 ‘Over the Mountains

   Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,   

   Ride, boldly ride,’

   The shade replied,—

‘If you seek for Eldorado!’

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Multiple Choice

With your partner, talk about the line below and select what the words/images suggest.

Had journeyed long, singing a song.

• a happy journey

• a sad, depressing journey

Multiple Choice

With your partner, talk about what mood this line creates.

Had journeyed long, singing a song.

True or false, OPTIMISTIC and EAGER can describe the mood or feeling you get after reading these lines.

• false

• true

Open Ended

Tell me one thing you learned today and one thing you still don't understand.