Evangeline

Summary

In “Evangeline,” Poe lampoons pompous intellectuals (“owl‑eyed pundits,” “frog‑faced pundits”) waddling in fog‑bound Boston environs, with humorous rural imagery and sharp disdain.

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Do tell when shall we make common sense men out of the owl-eyed pundits
Out of The Frog-faced stupid old God-born Pundits who lost in a fog-bank
Strut about all along shore there somewhere close by the Down East
Frog Duck Pond munching of pea nuts and pumpkins and buried in big-wigs
Why ask who ever yet saw money made out of a fat old
Jew or downright upright nutmegs out of a pine-knot


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