"a valentine" by edgar allan poe for her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes, brightly expressive as the twins of leda, shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies upon the page, enwrapped from every reader. search narrowly the lines! óthey hold a treasure divineóa talismanóan amulet that must be worn at heart. search well the measureó the wordsóthe syllables! do not forget the trivialest point, or you may lose your labor and yet there is in this no gordian knot which one might not undo without a sabre, if one could merely comprehend the plot. enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing of poets, by poetsóas the name is a poet's, too, its letters, although naturally lying like the knight pintoómendez ferdinandoó still form a synonym for truthócease trying! you will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do. what element from the poem do treasure, talisman, and three eloquent words refer to? "i despise you" "i love you" the valentine's love the valentine's name