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"A Valentine"
by Edgar Allan Poe
1. For her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes,
2. Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,
3. Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies
4. Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.
5. Search narrowly the lines!-they hold a treasure
6. Divine-a talisman-an amulet
7. That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure-
8. The words-the syllables! Do not forget
9. The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor
10. And yet there is in this no Gordian knot
11. Which one might not undo without a sabre,
12. If one could merely comprehend the plot.
13. Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering
14. Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus
15. Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing
16. Of poets, by poets-as the name is a poet's, too,
17. Its letters, although naturally lying
18. Like the knight Pinto-Mendez Ferdinando-
19. Still form a synonym for Truth-Cease trying!
20. You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do.

Based on the lines of poetry directly after line 1, what is the best definition for luminous eyes in line 1?

Brightly expressive
Angrily glaring
Sympathetically peering
Playfully searching

The poem "A Valentine" by Edgar Allan Poem is a lyrical poem in which the author recognized his love and admiration for a woman and describes her. In the case of the first verse "For her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes" in this the author describes the eyes of the woman as "luminous" and after this in the second verse the author adds "Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda" this verse also refers to the eyes of the woman and therefore defines the "luminous eyes" of verse 1 mainly by stating the eyes are "brightly expressive" and comparing them to the "twins of Leda", while in other verses the author refers to other qualities and ideas related to the woman. This means the best definition for luminous eyes is "brightly expressive" which is provided in verse 2.