Edgar Allan Poe "To Science" Poem animation

Heres a virtual animation of the great Edgar Allan Poe reading what is probably his most highly regarded poem from his army days "To Science" first published in 1829. "To Science", or "Sonnet - To Science", is a traditional 14-line English sonnet which says that science is the enemy of the poet because it takes away the mysteries of the world. Poe was concerned with the recent influx of modern science and social science and how it potentially undermined spiritual beliefs First published in 1829,it was written while Poe was in the Army. This is considered the best of his early poems written in the Army. It is symbolic of an important transformation in Poe's style and attitude. It's sonnet form shows Poe's poetic maturity and discipline. The subject matter reveals that Poe was entering the world of science, which he would later master. Before, his education and attention had been in classics and history. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was a literary critic, poet, and short story writer, known for his horror fiction and as the inventor of detective fiction. Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809, Poe was orphaned by age 3. He was taken in by the wealthy Allan family in Richmond, Virginia. After brief attempts at university studies and a military career, Poe embarked on literary pursuits, despite poor reception of his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems. Over his twenty years of publishing, he worked in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, earning a reputation as a harsh critic. His short stories and poems often focused on themes of death and mourning, sometimes comically. His most successful works during his lifetime were "The Gold-Bug" and "The Raven". Distraught by the death of his wife Virginia in 1847, Poe produced what he considered his "masterpiece" in 1848: Eureka: A Prose Poem. In the lengthy work, Poe attempted to explain his intuitive theory on the origin of the universe and man's relationship to God. Poe died in Baltimore in 1849 under mysterious circumstances. The cause of his death is not known with certainty, though theories include cooping, suicide, cholera, and many others. The story of Poe's life and his works remain influential on popular culture, films, television, and in music. Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2010 To Science Science! True daughter of Old Time thou art! Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet's heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities? How should he love thee? or how deem thee wise, Who wouldst not leave him in his wandering To seek for treasure in the jewelled skies, Albeit he soared with an undaunted wing? Hast thou not dragged Diana from her car? And driven the Hamadryad from the wood To seek a shelter in some happier star? Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood, The Elfin from the green grass, and from me The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?

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He's my great great great great uncle

[YahwehSama]

i love science