Sodom was a city that was full of sin. God sent and angel down to see if he could find any good in the city. If at least ten people were found God would save the city. However, the angel only found one good man and the angel told them to get out of the city because it was to be destroyed. Poe could have been comparing this poem to the biblical story. By personifying death, he was comparing it to God. “Death looks gigantically down” (Poe, “The City in the Sea”). Unlike the poems “Annabel Lee” and “Eldorado” death has a strong presence in this poem. Although the words death or dying are not mentioned in “Eldorado,” it is still a theme of the poem. The first few lines of the poem, “Gaily bedight,/ A gallant knight, in sunshine and in shadow,”
