Edgar Allan Poe is notorious for exploring the macabre elements of human life, even delving into the supernatural. In his poem “The Raven,” published in January, 1845, a man is sitting …show more content…
Death in “The Raven” is an assertive force that even enters the narrator’s house to taunt him about the loss of his loved one, reminding him every day of his deceased Lenore. However, in “Annabel Lee,” death seems to be more an unyielding barrier keeping the narrator from his Annabel Lee. In each case, death seems to taunt each man in the way that it knows will make them long for their lost loved one all the more. Each story exemplifies a different facet of the grief over the loss of a loved one. The man in “The Raven” is slowly driven mad by the raven taunting him, while in “Annabel Lee,” the man is so tormented by Annabel Lee’s death that he becomes depressed – as evidenced by the tone of the poem – and he sleeps by her sepulcher every night to feel closer to her