摘要：Article aims to find variety of interpretations on Eldorado poem, following the readers’ internal factors,such as societal norms, personal values and past experiences influence the interpretations. Data generated forthis study are acquired through field research, in which questionnaires are used as data collecting instrument.The respondents are from third semester students of English Literature in Bina Nusantara University. Thefinding shows that interpretations of Eldorado include 44% ideas about failure, 24% ideas about perseverance,and 25.33% ideas about taking a journey. In comparison to Eldorado’s more neutral interpretation, it could besaid that more respondents prefer to discuss the poem as the journey of life. It can be concluded that differentsocietal norms, personal values and past experiences cause different kinds of interpretations, in which pastexperience becomes the most influential factor
