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/^t/Of course, ideal happiness cannot be eternal. With the sudden and unexpected death of Eleonora the <*>. The picturesque surroundings disappeared, and what is worst, the ruby-red asphodels <*>. The metaphorical element of earthly human happiness suddenly vanished. Instead, what was left were the narrator's memories of those beautiful days in the valley. Something passed away, something was lost for ever. So, after Eleonora's death, the narrator found himself in an unknown city. He claimed that it was depicting his present state of mind. What connects the past with the present is the vow which he made to Eleonora before her death. He said that he would never bind himself in marriage to any daughter of earth. It is a truly weird and fantastic picture of life.