ALLAN POE CASI TENÍA MI EDAD CUANDO PUBLICÓ ESTOS POEMAS Y YO AQUÍ SIN HACER NADA POR MI VIDA!
Edit: Soy dos años mayor que Poe cuando hizo esta obra maestra y sigo sin escribir nada, estudio a los mejores porque soy incompetente.
La primera obra publicada de Poe, un joven y todavía inocente poeta que intentaba dar a conocer su genialidad pero que fue ignorado.
Aunque falta la madurez y la dureza que nos muestra Poe en sus siguientes trabajos es realmente agradable y dulce, es como para el momento en el que sientes un vacío y quieres llenarlo con algo que valga la pena tu tiempo, para cuando sientes que no puedes continuar leyendo y necesitas algo ligero pero bueno.
No puedo dejar de describirlo como dulce e inocente porque así es, así se nos refleja al amor y la belleza en estos poemas, no cruel y doloroso como en un futuro lo haría, sino dulce e inalcanzable, irracional como siempre pero menos severo.
Creo que podría decir más pero se me dan bien las palabras cuando algo me gusta tanto porque no sé describir mis sentimientos.
Planeo releerlo porque es el primer libro de Poe que logro leer totalmente e inglés me sigo preparando, algún día voy a ir a las ligas mayores y por eso no le doy las cinco estrellas, porque estoy segura de si pude captar ciertas cosas de la forma correcta.
Always wanted to read Poe! This was really good, I'm definitely going to read more of him, As young Poes first published collection, the material within is surprisingly good for the most part, The titular Tamerlane is the best of the bunch, with a very engaging narrative about the eponymous Mongol conquerer as he confides his regrets to a priest on his death bed, lamenting his decision to pursue ambition instead of love.
The Byronic influence is very apparent throughout this collection, but particularly with the main character of the opening poem, who displays a jaded world weariness in his final moments.
The eastern and oriental angle was also something Byron was fond of and that comes across very much in Tamerlane of course, with Poes gorgeous descriptions of the natural environment in the Himalayan mountains.
Elsewhere we have Song, which is a brief poem about a man viewing a woman he was once involved with as she attends her wedding to someone else.
It's good, but not that impressive, which describes a few other poems in this collection, Dreams, for example, fits that bill, The speaker proclaims that he wishes his life were a dream rather than cold reality, even if the dream was unpleasant, he could take solace that it was all a creation, but he also talks about how much better his dreams are than what he takes to be “real life”.
Again it's good enough, but there's better on offer here, Spirits of the Dead or Visits of the Dead is shorter than most of the poems here, not by much, but nonetheless it's quite brief and still manages to surpass them in quality.
This poem introduces the gothic elements Poe is now most known for, and not only the content but also the style of the poem really assists it to portray the feelings and images it sets out to.
Evening Star is a poem comparing distant Venus to the cold light of the moon, I quite like this one too, but it's not particularly noteworthy in delivery, Imitation comes next, purportedly the imitation alluded to is of Lord Byron, This poem also contains the lines “let none of earth inherit, this vision of my spirit” which have become somewhat iconic, and the poem details the misty recollection of youth as life becomes dark and uncertain in adulthood and reality slips.
Stanzas, otherwise untitled, begins with a quote from Byrons The Island imparting the feeling that nature responds and interacts with an observer, even if it's often forgotten by that person.
It almost sounds like a more uplifting take on the famous Nietzsche quote on the abyss, which is not too outlandish given the philosopher was a Byron fan himself.
Anyway, the actual poem is quite good too and talks about “someone” the narrator knew that the earth supposedly communed with and blessed, and there's a lot of religious overtones to this one, the most obvious connection being parallels with Abraham and Noah, but more than that there's a very distinct focus placed on nature.
There also allusions to the real source of “spiritual truth” not existing in something hidden, but in something commonplace which will only reveals itself as a “spirit and a token” when nature decides.
I don't know, there's many interpretations of this one and it's one of the better poems here despite its untitled nature.
A Dream deals with themes aforementioned, basically longing for the past and a dissatisfaction with the waking dream of life.
Its alright, nothing special. Similar can be said for The Happiest Day, though it's a little more entertaining to read, and the speaker says that were his happiest days offered once more, he would not relive them, because they carried the eventual potential of the sorrow he now feels.
The Lake concludes the collection and goes out in a high note, The poem talks about the speaker finding solace on a lonely lake, surrounded by dark boulders and thick pine forests, thought the real terror of the place is revealed at night, which ratchets up the isolation but further endears the spot to the speaker.
All in all this is a solid collection, perhaps I'm overrating it a little on the strength of a few of the better poems here Tamerlane, Spirits, Stanzas, Lake, but the rest are still quality enough, and in fact the truth is most contain some excellent thoughts and lines across them even if their overall quality doesn't touch the better Poe material.
This isn't the best he has to offer, but by any other criteria this is a solid collection and if I could give it a.
that's where I'd land probably,
Okay, yeah, it's not as great as Poe's later work, but he got this published when he wasand wrote "Tamerlane" when he was.
! Wtf were you doing when you wereThis book sells for overk, This is not one of the best of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, but you can still see the flashes of brilliance shining through.
This is worth reading, simply to see his progression from here to his true masterpieces later in life.
El primer libro de poemas de Poe, Autopublicado encopias de las que sólo quedan, Libro sorprendente para un poeta tan jovenaños, Centrado en el extenso poema épico 'Tamerlane' y aderezado con pequeñas joyas entre las que destaca el maravilloso 'The Lake': Uno de los poemas más hermosos jamás escritos sobre la epifanía infantil de la soledad.
Libro indispensable para los fanáticos de Poe,
NOTAS DE USO PERSONAL
TAMERLANE
Poema en honor de Timur Lenk, un conquistador turcomongol del siglo XIV autodenominado 'La espada del Islam'.
Poe, a pesar de admitir su falta de conocimiento histórico sobre el personaje, lo toma como protagonista de un poema que, lejos de funcionar como recopilación histórica, explora el sentimiento de la pérdida del amor en pos de la gloria militar del guerrero.
Poema bastante convencional que sin embargo tiene de valioso algunos momentos de insolencia contra el "padre" al que le confiesa su historia en su lecho de muerte:
"You call it hope that fire of fire!
It is but agony of desire:
If I can hope Oh God! I can Its fount is holier more divine
I would not call thee fool, old man, but such is not a gift of thine"
O estos versos también hermosos y demoledores:
"I was ambitious have you known
the passion, father You have not.
. . "
Y este preámbulo para el triste retorno a casa:
"I reach'd my home my home no more"
TO
Poema olvidable sobre una boda
DREAMS
Poema sobre la superioridad del sueño a la realidad.
El tema de los sueños es recurrente a lo largo del libro,
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
Hermosísimo poema sobre el proceso de soledad que vive el alma dentro de la tumba.
Breve pero increíble. Un poema que exuda el estilo del Poe que ahora conocemos, Las estrellas, también recurrentes a lo largo del libro hacen su aparición,
"Be silent in that solitude,
which is not loneliness for then
the spirits of the dead who stood
in life before thee, are again
in death around thee and their will
shall overshadow thee: be still.
"
EVENING STAR
Poema menor que teoriza sobre la superioridad de la estrella de la mañana en comparación a la palidez de la luna.
IMITATION
Divagación menor,
STANZAS
Poema que lo más valioso que tiene es la cita inicial de Lord Byron:
"How often we forget all time, when lone
admiring nature's universal throne
her woodsher wildsher mountainsthe intense
reply of HERS to our intelligence!"
A DREAM
Poema menor que relaciona la temática de los sueños y las estrellas de nuevo.
THE HAPPIEST DAY, THE HAPPIEST HOUR
Delirio sobre el poder y la gloria perdidos, probablemente un episodio recortado de Tamerlane.
THE LAKE
La joya indiscutible del libro, Uno de los poemas más hermosos jamás escritos sobre la epifanía infantil de la soledad:
"In spring of youth it was my lot
To haunt of the wide world a spot
The which I could not love the
less
So lovely was the loneliness
Of a wild lake, with black rock bound,
And the tall pines that towered around.
But when the Night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot, as upon all,
And the mystic wind went by
Murmuring in melody
Thenah then I would awake
To the terror of the lone lake.
Yet that terror was not fright,
But a tremulous delight
A feeling not the jewelled mine
Could teach or bribe me to define
Nor Lovealthough the Love were thine.
Death was in that poisonous wave,
And in its gulf a fitting grave
For him who thence could solace bring
To his lone imagining
Whose solitary soul could make
An Eden of that dim lake.
"
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