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What does gaily bedight a gallant knight mean?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 3/23/2024

Gaily bedight, a gallant knight are the first two lines of Edgar Allan Poe's poem Eldorado.

In this context, gaily bedight means brightly dressed. Gallant means brave. it's equivalent to a knight in shining armor but Poe needed it to rhyme.

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