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While reading the poem, “The Sound of Night” by Maxine Kumin it explores the creatures of what they do at night while we are sleeping. The reader might be camping with another person and they are falling asleep among the unknown creatures of the night. They seem to be frighten by the noises around them, so they wait patiently until the sun rise. The reader has an uneasy feeling. The first part of the poem, the reader and the campers experiencing the same trembling fear. These noises are loud,…

Edgar Allan Poe “I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of it’s eyes from the socket!” This came from the short story “The Black Cat” written by Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are very depressing and filled with grief because of all the death in his life. In most of Poe’s stories, the narrators wanted to solve a problem or have revenge, but they went about it in a violent way. People were killed and the…

Death was huge in Edgar’s stories, in the five stories that were chosen, every single one incorporated a death somehow. In the first story, Annabell Lee, Annabell was the character whom had died. Poe writes about his love with this Annabell Lee and how she is now gone, presuming that she is dead. This story ties into the first theme of death because there is a dead character, Annabell Lee. The second story was The Raven. In The Raven, the author complains about the whole in his heart after his…

In his poem “Annabel Lee”, Edgar Allen Poe uses many different literary elements and figures of speech to create a unique sound. In this poem, he talks about how he used to have a lover that he had an everlasting love for. Their love was so powerful, that it even made the angels in the sky jealous. Later, his lover dies of a sickness, and Poe blames the angels for her death. Every night he goes to Annabel Lee’s tomb by the sea to lie with her dead body. In the poem “Annabel Lee”, Edgar Allen Poe…

For a man who was truly in love, life without that person isn’t always easy. So, in the poem “The Raven” that is what happens. A little bird comes and interrupts a man’s sorrow of his lost. And when the man asks questions he replies “Nevermore.” So, this essay will discuss what the reply “Nevermore.” means, how the tone and mood of the poem changes, and why does “Nevermore.” enrage the narrator. When the narrator ask questions directed to the Raven and the Raven replies “Nevermore.”,…

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” Neil Armstrong. Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and grew up to be a very successful and talented writer. Sadly, he died on October 7, 1849 but no one knows for sure how. There are many theories as to how Poe died but one sticks out over many others, a brain tumor. One reason that supports this theory is that twenty six years after Edgar Allan Poe’s death, his body was exhumed. One of the sextons at the…

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," the narrator is mourning and coping with the loss of his love, Elenore. In the midst of drifting into sleep, the narrator is awoken by a sound coming from the other side of his chamber door. Upon opening it, the narrator is befuddled to see nothing before him and no evidence as to where the sounds came from. Again he hears the noise, this time coming from the window. As he opens it, in swoops a large raven that perches upon a bust that looms over the chamber…

Edgar Allen Poe, though documented as a troubled man, was a brilliant writer. He held his own sense of direction when it came to writing, as expressed in his essay, "The Philosophy of Composition", "My first object (as usual) was originality" (Poe 725). His poem "The Raven" verifies this statement for it has an original tale interwoven with and ancient theme, death of a lover. Yet he takes this simple theme and superimposes the Gothic style to carry a truly original story to the readers. The…

If a raven came to you and spoke only one word to you, what would that word be? In the narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, his raven spoke only the word “Nevermore”. This poem tells the story a man losing his love, Lenore, as he speaks to the raven about her. The main theme of this poem is the narrator’s undying love. He struggles with the desire to forget about Lenore and the desire to remember Lenore. There is a motif in this poem which is the raven itself. Ravens are often mentioned…

Life can change at any moment for which we have little control over. In the essay “On Being a Cripple” by Nancy Mairs, she expresses her thoughts on having Multiple Sclerosis and how it significantly changed her life. She provides the reader with various sad and personal stories which would make one’s life miserable. However, when addressing her condition and its effect on her life, she keeps a calm and positive tone. One cannot control what happens in life, but it is possible to control one’s…