Sonnet - To Science - A poem by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe - Sonnet - 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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Poet: Edgar Allan Poe Poem: Sonnet - To Science Year: Published/Written in 1829 Comment 11 of 11, added on October 12th, 2007 at 10:18 AM. Wow, this is a little startling to read in modern times until you realize that a "car" used to be a chariot and that Princess Diana's namesake is the old goddess of the hunt. ea Comment 10 of 11, added on October 11th, 2007 at 10:14 PM. I just dont get how he coulda written about Dianna, if he means the princess, cuz he lived wayy before her... Dino from Canada Comment 9 of 11, added on March 15th, 2006 at 5:09 PM. This poem is similar to Wordsworth's "The Table's Turned." It is built on the Romantic commonplace that the scientific spirit destroys natural beauty. Romantic authors were interested in the imagination, emotion, and one's personal experience with nature. Science takes the emotion out of nature and the world around us. Davis from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Sonnet - To Science, has received 11 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Edgar Allan Poe with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Edgar Allan Poe Poem: Sonnet - To Science Year: Published/Written in 1829 Last read: May 17 2008, 4:18PM Viewed 11307 times. Added on March 15th, 2006 at 5:09 PM.

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