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    Death In Poe's Writing

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    about death and portrayed it in many ways. In the poems Annabel Lee, Incident in a Rose Garden, and The Raven death was shown differently and the poems were very diverse. For example in the Rose Garden death was a person while in Annabel Lee death was a cold wind. In the poem Annabel Lee the speaker and Annabel live in a kingdom by the sea. They were both children and they were so much in love that the angles envied them and took Annabel Lee. You could perceive death in two different ways…

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    The Case of Annabel Lee Often disturbing and dreary memories could lead to brilliant pieces of literature. Edgar Allan Poe is a perfect representation of this; he agonized such a terrible childhood that haunted him for the rest of his life. He was an American author known as the Father of American Horror, and constructed many horrifying stories and poems during his days. In many of his writings, he explains some situations that reflect his own childhood and adulthood. Another example would…

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    and ideas must be picked apart and analyzed to find the true meaning of such a riveting story. The story of Annabel Lee has a much deeper meaning to poe than to anyone of the many readers. This story is theorized to be about the loss of Poe's wife. The similarities between the two occurrences are just too vast to be proven otherwise. It is evident that the correlation between Annabel Lee and Poe and his wife is not merely by chance. This is especially apparent in the ideas of jealous…

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    The story behind the poem Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe is one that is very easy to imagine with the way Edgar wrote the poem. Edgar uses his feelings and emotions toward his Annabel and how she passes to write such a beautiful yet very tragic poem. Edgar goes above and beyond with his words to show just how much he loved and still loves Annabel and how she felt the same way towards him as well. This poem is written for love and completely about the love story that unfortunately ended…

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    Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe and Remember by Christina Rossetti share many similarities and differences. More specifically, the structure of these two poems can be compared and contrasted when looking at the rhyme scheme, word choice, and repetition. By doing so, the meaning of each poem is enhanced. To start off, both poems have a rhyme scheme, but each poem’s is unique. For example, Annabel Lee has the rhyme scheme: A,B,A,B,C,B, for the first stanza. Then, as the poem progresses, every…

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    shorten again, this in keeping with the mythical kingdom theme. The predominant rhythm that the poem uses is the anapest, a type of meter consisting of three syllables, with one stressed syllable occurring after two unstressed syllables (Poe's Annabel Lee). For example in the first line, the first syllable of “many” and the word “year” receive stress after two unaccented syllables, as shown here: Itwasma / nyandma / nyayear / a / go (Shmoop Editorial Team). The anapest rhythm adds excitement and…

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    Edgar Allen Poe's Poetry

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    Authors can write poems and express multiple points in order to create an image for the reader. Love being the most popular. I personally believe writing a poem to a person can create a bigger impact on the reader than a general poem. The book “Annabel Lee” was the last complete poem composed by Edgar Allen Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it relates to the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. All the women in Poe's life died young, including his mother, sister, and wife. After their…

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    Countless literary works throughout history have been deemed ‘classics’, but what makes a story a classic? They all have universal appeal. People from all over the world can relate to the theme no matter what time period it is. Classic stories remain timeless because their messages stay constant in today’s society. One theme defined in literature is that love doesn’t always have to be perfect. In “Sonnet 130”, the main character says, “I love to hear her speak, yet well I know that music hath a…

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    The “Grandfather of Goth”(Semtner) Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He was born into a family of performers, causing a lot of traveling. However, at the age of three both of his parents had died of tuberculosis. A tobacco merchant names John Allan adopted him, now his new family accepted Poe as their own and gave him everything. Soon, his new family moved to London and Poe studied in England. After returning home Poe grew a love for writing, he was inspired by a poet…

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    and his mom. Then, a little while later, after his mom died from tuberculosis. Next, the Poe family adopted him. He went to the University of Virginia and the U.S. Military Academy (Biography.com). Some of his most famous poems were The Raven, Annabel Lee, and The Bells (poestories.com). Edgar later died on October 7,1849 in Baltimore, Maryland (History.com).…

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