Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe

What is a stanza in a poem?

• A section

• A rhyming word

• A story

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What word would describe the knight in the picture?

• bestow

• bedight

• bequeath

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What word is repeated throughout the poem?

• darkness

• shadow

• gold

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What is our "gallant knight" searching for?

• city of bronze

• city of silver

• city of gold

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The "pilgrim shadow" makes it seem that the knight is closer to?

• going back to Spain

• finding the city of gold

• death

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What is a quest?

• A long search for something

• A long question

• A long meal

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What is an example of a famous quest that we discussed?

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In the 1st stanza, it says, "Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow", what could shadow mean in this stanza?

• warm/afternoon

• light/daytime

• darkness/nighttime

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What does gaily mean, as in "Gaily bedight?"

• cheerful, happy

• sad, unhappy

• angry, hostile

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After watching and listening to the video, do you think the lost city of gold, El Dorado, is a myth or reality? Explain your answer.

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