The primary theme of the poem concerns dreams. However, the author implies that not all dreams are achievable and demonstrates it through the example of an old knight.
The form of the current poem is narrative poetry. It tells a story of a knight in search of the golden land – Eldorado. The poem highlights the long journey and shows how the traveler transformed from a gallant knight to an old man on the brink of death in his pilgrimage.
Edgar Allan Poe uses rhyme as a primary sound device. The structure of the poem is AABCCB.
The author rhymes the two first lines and the fourth and fifth lines. In every stanza, the third and the last lines end on SHADOW and ELDORADO correspondingly. Edgar Allan Poe vastly uses metaphors and sight sensory in the poem.