The Spirits Of The Dead

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In “The Spirits of the dead” Written by Edgar Allen Poe. The spirits of the dead is about a man who is stuck in the ground ,and how the people in the graveyard with him are your closest friends. Know one is active at the time,and the spirit is thinking to himself how is family and friends are heartbroken because he is deceased. The spirit trap inside the ground wishing his soul could move on to heaven,because he won’t to see his family and friends again.
This Poem is being written in second person point of view and the speaker is trying to inform the readers of this poem that the spirit is trap and wishing that his soul would move on with his family members.The author of this poem breakin down to his audience this spirit is not

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