Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most distinguished poets of the 1800’s. Poe’s most eminent works have distinct plot and story lines, but are analogous in their tone, setting, and style. Poe often uses the settings of his writings to depict the psychological state of his characters. Poe’s short stories The Fall of the House of Usher and The Raven are epitomes of Poe’s particular writing technique.
The setting of, The Fall of the House of Usher introduces dismal atmosphere. The narrator immediately remarks upon the "insufferable gloom" that pervades his spirit as he arrives at the "melancholy House of Usher.” The narrator uses images such as "white trunks of decayed trees," and "black and lurid tarn," and "vacant, eyelike windows" to create the
The setting of, The Fall of the House of Usher introduces dismal atmosphere. The narrator immediately remarks upon the "insufferable gloom" that pervades his spirit as he arrives at the "melancholy House of Usher.” The narrator uses images such as "white trunks of decayed trees," and "black and lurid tarn," and "vacant, eyelike windows" to create the