The Philosophy of Composition

The Danger of Disregard A bird from hell, a man living through it, and a woman’s ghostly memory - the building blocks for the dark, chilling descriptions of Edgar Allen Poe’s short poetic thriller ‘The Raven’. This alluring tale recounts the night the narrator fell into ultimate hopelessness and distraught. The man had been reading through his books at the darkest hour of the night, when he began to hear a soft tapping resembling a knock. He was a loner, not used to visitors, so he was…

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He uses many color to describe and represent the book character feelings, buildings, references and more within the story. One of the most F. Scott Fitzgerald uses within the book is blue and green to represent the main character Mr. Jay Gatsby Personality, fantasy, what he love and dream. One of the most use color is blue. Blue symbolizes melancholy, loneliness, tranquility and fantasy. In the novel, Gatsby garden describe as blue for…

In “The Raven,” poet Edgar Allen Poe employs a variety of literary devices such as imagery creating vivid scenes, anecdotes giving deeper insight to incidents throughout the piece, and symbols to explore grief and internal pain. Death is the central focus of the poem and all the emotions surrounding it creates an intriguing and provocative poem yet also grim and dreary. The poet begins by stating “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping,…

Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” is very well known. The word “nevermore” is used throughout the poem. We first see “Nevermore” when the narrator asked the raven his name, the birds first and only word throughout the poem is “nevermore.” Answering “nevermore” I believe this is an augury of fate. The man continues to ask the Raven questions, it continues the answer only “nevermore.” In the beginning of the poem the narrator seems somewhat amused by this bird and curious why he is there, as the…

An old man sits with his legs crossed, his back resting against a bare cold wall. He is illuminated by an overcast sky shining through a large window at his back. His hair is white and thin with age, and his skin is wrinkled and worn down into a rough texture. He wears no shoes, and his clothes are tattered and torn. His body is skinny and long with hands whose thin flesh reveals the shape of every bone. He hunches his shoulders so that he curls around his only possession, his guitar. He is…

Tichborne's Elegy – Literature analisys Tichborne's Elegy was supposedly written by himself before his execution, due to his involvement in the consipracy to assissinate Elizabeth I (P. Burns, J. Edge, 43) . In his poem he is using metaphors upon metaphors, together with antithesis to construct a poem that shows his frustration and regret. He uses a plain and simple language. In fact, the whole poem is based entirely on one syllable words. However, his use of one syllable words only add to the…

Edgar Allan Poe is known for his mysterious and suspenseful short stories. His stories have an air of madness and his character development is impeccable. In the story A Tell-Tale Heart, Poe proves himself even more with his excellent character development to the unnamed narrator. He writes about the narrator who believes himself not to be mad, but is motivated to kill a man because the man's eye scares him. This essay will discuss the character development of the narrator, and how he copes with…

Revenge is a dominate theme throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado”. Poe uses symbolism and characterization to develop the theme of revenge that Montresor seeks on Fontunado. This use of symbolism and characterization illuminates the achievement of Montresor’s revenge with the ultimate sacrifice of Fortunado’s death. This revenge reveals a darker side of the human psyche. To reveal this darker side, Poe’s vivid descriptions of his characters allow for understanding of their…

Harwood’s Barn Owl At the beginning of the poem it is daybreak and all the members of the house are still asleep except for the child. The child, in the poem, is portrayed as both good and bad, a fiend and an angel. The father is shown as a powerful figure in the child’s life with evidence shown in the phrase “old No-Sayer”. This means ‘the one who opposes’ and this confirms that he could be the one that makes the decisions, decides yes or no, in the family. In the second stanza, the father…

"The Black Cat" is a short horror story, written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, a narrator is in prison waiting for his punisment, as like hanging. The narrator, who is the main character ,tells us about the story of his own’s life that has gone bad… As a little child, he is decribed as a mild and kind boy who loves all kinds of animals. His favorite thing to do is taking care of his pets and spendig lots of time with them . His favorite animal is a dog. He gets married in his early…