The background of Tuohelen's poetry creation
According to the author edgar allan poe, this poem was written for Mrs Steiner, the young mother of a middle school classmate, and it was "the first pure and ideal love in my soul". From the geographical and historical background mentioned in the poem, the worship of Mrs Steiner and the worship of Helen, a peerless beauty in the ancient Greek epic Iliad, are integrated.
In the last section, the dumping of unattainable beauty is sublimated into the endless pursuit of art and even truth, goodness and beauty. Because in the eyes of westerners, ancient Greece and Rome have become an ideal realm, where everything seems to be the most beautiful and perfect.