What does the poem Romance by Edgar Allan Poe mean?

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What does the poem Romance by Edgar Allan Poe mean?

Including figurative language and a theme.

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"Romance"

- by Edgar Allan Poe.

Romance, who loves to nod and sing,
With drowsy head and folded wing,
Among the green leaves as they shake
Far down within some shadowy lake,
To me a painted paroquet
Hath been- a most familiar bird-
Taught me my alphabet to say-
To lisp my very earliest word
While in the wild wood I did lie,
A child- with a most knowing eye.

Of late, eternal Condor years
So shake the very Heaven on high
With tumult as they thunder by,
I have no time for idle cares
Through gazing on the unquiet sky.
And when an hour with calmer wings
Its down upon my spirit flings-
That little time with lyre and rhyme
To while away- forbidden things!
My heart would feel to be a crime
Unless it trembled with the strings.
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this is a lyrical poem about romance/passionate feelings. romance is likened toa drowsy state as when one's head is bowed down and full of imaginations sitting by the lake shore, watching leaves sway as birds fly up above. The condor bird was "extinct" for many years. Condor years means many years. that is an instance of figutative language. The condors shake the heavens with tumult as they flap wings (thunder by). The persona is disturbed gazing at the unquiet sky waiting for calmer wings. Romance is likened to this state. In love, there are ups and downs. Moments of pain and sadness have to be endured but surely peace and calmness often follow.
'Xcuse me pliz, gotta to rush now. If you are good at reading lengthy critical literary material, welcome to read more about Poe and the finer aspects of his poetry in the fairly excellent and exhaustive essay below.

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