Read the excerpt from “Serenade,” by Edgar Allan Poe. Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven, Form in the deep another seven: Endymion nodding from above Sees in the sea a second love. How do the ideas in the excerpt compare to Poe’s ideas in "The Poetic Principle"?

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This reflection of the night sky offers a “contemplation of the Beautiful” that Poe encourages.

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Read the excerpt from “Serenade,” by Edgar Allan Poe. Seven Pleiades entranced in Heaven, Form in the deep another seven: Endymion nodding from above Sees in the sea a second love. How do the ideas in the excerpt compare to Poe’s ideas in "The Poetic Principle"?

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