Edgar Allan Poe's A Valentine

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The poem, “A Valentine,” is written for a women that Poe loves, but he was afraid to tell her how he feels. Poe ends up turning the poem into a riddle that the reader must decipher to discover who the poem was meant for. This poem reflects the ideals that originated during the Romantic period because Poe is expressing his feelings about a girl through a poem rather than face to face contact. He talks about the beauty and nature of the women as an individual and not what society wants. His challenge for the reader is to solve the riddle. In the first two lines, “for her this rhyme…twins of Leda” is a comparison between the women this poem is for and a girl names Leda who is a character from Leda and the Swan (Louie’s Blog). Poe then says “shall
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