Beautiful memories, full of joy and laughter, can be tainted by evils and dark creatures. In Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “A Haunted Palace” tells the story of a delightful palace that is seen described so beautifully by passer-bys, but sadly this does not last as the palace is now being seen as being taken over by these ugly creatures. In the poem “A Haunted Palace” by Edgar Allan Poe, emotions from delight to terror and the dimness of a once beautiful memory are expressed throughout the writing through the usage of alliteration, symbolism, mood and imagery.
In the first stanza of Poe’s poem, “A Haunted Palace”, the description of the palace is very lovely and beautiful. This is exhibited through the use of imagery. “In the greenest of our valleys… Once a fair and stately palace-/Radiant palace…” (I.1-4). The speaker is describing the scene of the palace of how grand it is in just its …show more content…
The descriptions of the palace lead to the image of a head. Two windows, a door of ruby and pearl, golden tufts on top, and is ruled over by a thought symbolizes one’s head. The windows represent eyes, the rubies and pearls are the mouth, golden tufts are hair, and ruled by thought means thinking, the brain. “Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing, / And sparkling evermore,” (IV. 27-28). Usage of alliteration here gives the words are flowing out like a river stating the fluency of the head’s words. “In voices of surpassing beauty, / The wit and wisdom of their king.” (IV.31-32). The symbolic representation here is of a human being. The “echoes” are the words escaping the mouth (doors). It is also said that the only way one can know what’s going on in one’s head is through the “windows” of the eyes and the “door” of the mouth. Alliteration and symbolism in this stanza helps put the clues together to form the actual meaning of the poem and transition into what is to come into the next two
In the first stanza of Poe’s poem, “A Haunted Palace”, the description of the palace is very lovely and beautiful. This is exhibited through the use of imagery. “In the greenest of our valleys… Once a fair and stately palace-/Radiant palace…” (I.1-4). The speaker is describing the scene of the palace of how grand it is in just its …show more content…
The descriptions of the palace lead to the image of a head. Two windows, a door of ruby and pearl, golden tufts on top, and is ruled over by a thought symbolizes one’s head. The windows represent eyes, the rubies and pearls are the mouth, golden tufts are hair, and ruled by thought means thinking, the brain. “Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing, / And sparkling evermore,” (IV. 27-28). Usage of alliteration here gives the words are flowing out like a river stating the fluency of the head’s words. “In voices of surpassing beauty, / The wit and wisdom of their king.” (IV.31-32). The symbolic representation here is of a human being. The “echoes” are the words escaping the mouth (doors). It is also said that the only way one can know what’s going on in one’s head is through the “windows” of the eyes and the “door” of the mouth. Alliteration and symbolism in this stanza helps put the clues together to form the actual meaning of the poem and transition into what is to come into the next two