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    was a well known author from the 1800s even still today. He was the author of stories and poems such as The Bells‚ The Raven‚ The Cask of Amontillado and many more. He faced rough times in his life and that is why his poems and stories are so sad‚ suspenseful and gory. Edgar will always be remembered as a good author. Poe was the author of many great stories and poem. The Raven was a suspenseful poem that had people on the edge of their seats. The poem was about a man in his house and it was a very

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    The Troll’s Nosegay by Robert Graves A simple nosegay! was that much to ask? (Winter still irked‚ with scarce a bud yet showing). He loved her ill‚ if he resigned the task. “Somewhere‚” she cried‚ “there must be blossom blowing.” It seems my lady wept and the troll swore By Heaven he hated tears: he’d cure her spleen – Where she had begged one flower he’d shower fourscore‚ A bunch fit to amaze a China Queen. Cold fog-drawn Lily‚ pale mist-magic Rose He conjured‚ and in a glassy cauldron

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    “travel back in time to a period of invitation‚ imagination and feeling’ ’what do you sense? Strong emotion‚ right? The romantic period began In Europe at the end of the 18th Gothic Romance “The Rappaccini’s Daughter and Edgar Allan Poe. Romanticism a belief in the natural world‚ truth was accompanied the powerful emotion‚ with the natural world. A young man named Giovanni rents a room in old ending belong to a family whose ancestor was listed among the sufferers in .It looks down on a luxuriant

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    conviction‚ imagination‚ and dreams. It is a style that exploits the individual’s opportunity and spontaneity. Realism is on the inverse end of the spectrum‚ concentrating on points of interest trying to recreate this real world in a text form. The Raven and The Birth-Mark show romanticism while Huckleberry Finn shows the opposite with realism. First of all‚ individualism‚ as

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    For example‚ the raven in Poe’s poem The Raven references Norse mythologies that claimed ravens were messengers. The Raven combined the Norse mythology of ravens as messengers with the Greek mythology that claimed ravens were prophets. The raven in his poem brought both a message and a prophecy that he would not join with Lenore‚ and that his love would be “nevermore.” In The Bride of the Sea Lovecraft writes about lost love‚ and references the raven by reinstating the concept of love

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    “Annabel Lee.” In the story‚ the narrator is unable to free himself of the memories of Lenore (Biography of Edgar Allan Poe). He even goes as far as to ask the Raven if there is “Balm in Gilead‚” and spiritual salvation (Poe’s Poetry “The Raven” Summary and Analysis). Basically‚ he asks the raven if Lenore exists in the afterlife and the raven denies this just by saying “Nevermore.” However‚ in the poem “Lenore‚” Poe is able to conclude that he should not cry because he will meet his beloved Lenore

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    The Effects of Edgar Allan Poe on Contemporary Writers “Once upon a midnight dreary‚ while I wondered weak and weary‚ over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore‚ while I nodded‚ nearly napping‚ suddenly there came a tapping‚ as of someone gently rapping‚ rapping at my chamber door- ‘t is some visiter‚’ I muttered‚ ‘tapping at my chamber door-only this and nothing more. ‘”. The rhythm varies to allow different unique words throughout the poem flow better‚ and it’s very important to

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    literature such as "Gold Bug‚" "Morella‚" and "The Black Cat‚" he is justifiably famous. From treasure-mysteries to arabesques and grotesques‚ his published works have gained international respect from authors across numerous genres. When writing "The Raven‚" Poe applied his test of condensation to poetry. He turned romantic tendencies into abridged rules and declared poems can be both short and meaningfully crafted. In "The Philosophy of Composition‚" Poe gave a detailed account of those steps. Poe’s

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    Vs Hawthorne “‘Wretch‚’ I cried. ‘Thy God hath lent thee-- by these angels he hath sent thee / Respite-- respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; / Quaff‚ oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!’ / Quoth the Raven‚ ‘Nevermore’” (Poe‚ The Raven 439). Edgar Allan Poe‚ an author tormented by death and loss. Poe often was expelled from schools to rebel against his adoptive father‚ John Allan‚ who had taken Poe in when his mother died of tuberculosis. He married his cousin in 1836

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    several themes that he used when writing‚ however his most popular and most common themes were on death‚ the subconscious self‚ and the human imagination. A large amount of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem had the theme of death. Poe’s most popular poem “The Raven” attributed a large amount of his fame throughout the life of

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