Many of Edgar Allen Poe’s writings are truly dark, in a sense that they are tied to death, and loss of a loved one. The two texts explore the emotional turmoil of a broken man, with elements of gothic themes, symbols, word choice and descriptions and although they contain the similarities they are differences among the elements that are explored in the prose “Ligeia” and the poem “The Raven”. The prose and poem explore pain, and loss of a loved one in a broken unknown narrator’s life. In “Ligeia” it’s similar to “The Raven” in that it has the idea of loss and despair, in the setting and the idea of mythology that plays a huge aspect in the prose and poem. The differences are that “The Raven has symbols while “Ligeia” has no symbolism, and
