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Submitted by PrincessSHS3642 on June 15, 2008
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Poe was an American poet who contributed many great pieces of literature to our society. His works illustrate and portray a realm of both paranormal and morbid beauty. In each poem usually lies a demonic undertone, that frequently summed up to a type of conclusion that can in one way or another pertain to h is life’s reminiscences. A common choice of topic for Poe was his love for his wife Virginia, who tragically died of tuberculosis. His poems that revolve around her, more often then not, contain a tone of sadness, loneliness, and despair. In both “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” he makes reference to her as the long lost Lenore. Whether it was a way for him to idolize, or recollect on his memories of her he always seemed to do it in a haunting and surreal way.
In “The Raven” Poe’s character is up in the late hours of the night and reading to try and pass the time. Although exhausted he is unable to sleep because his thoughts are plagued by his lost love, Lenore. She apparently died, leaving him alone and in a state of incomprehensible sadness. The atmosphere of the poem immediately starts off as a cold, chilling and mysterious setting. And the unexpected interruption during his recollection of his love stirs the reader from a state of shared remorse to sudden and quite frightening curiosity. When the transfixing spell of woe is broken abruptly by a sudden “rapping” sound the character dismisses it as nothing more then an unexpected visitor. But when he opens the door and discovers that no one is in the night, he calls out, as if confirming his sanity, for his Lenore. Apparently distraught and now transfixed upon the mysterious apparition that never comes the character becomes distraught.
After thoroughly investigating the scene the character sequentially retreats back to his room. Which leaves both him and the reader guessing whether or not he actually heard the noise at the door, or if his imagination briefly got the best of...
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