Eldorado Read by Julian Greigh

Eldorado by Edgar Allan Poe. Music and read by Julian Greigh

Poe uses the term shadow in the middle of each stanza. The meaning of the word, however, changes with each use.

First, it is a literal shadow, where the sun is blocked out. In the second, it implies gloom or despair. The third use is a ghost. The final use, "the Valley of Shadow," references the "Valley of the Shadow of Death," possibly suggesting that Eldorado (or riches in general) does not exist in the living world.