Edgar Allan Poe Impact

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 help the repetitive “nevermore.” The rhythmic pattern suggests the sameness of the narrator’s days and evenings. Edgar Allan Poe has had a big influence on many contemporary writers and how they use certain styles and methods, also on how they develop their themes. Other contemporary writers have looked towards Poe’s methods to help them create their masterpieces. They derived symbols, tone, and diction from him and utilized it. Writers like Stephen King and Horatio Quiroga are the main ones who look to Poe. When writing Alone Poe writes, “the mystery that binds me still: from the torrent, or the fountain from the red cliff of the mountain, from them the sun that round me rolled” (Alone). Poe’s elusive writing skills and use of words
They all can make the argument that Poe write about pain and being alone and uses a lot more complex language while Quiroga uses more modern complex writing techniques and also while King uses simple writing and very informal unlike his opposing colleagues Poe and Quiroga. Many can argue that Poe’s ways on describing characters and very different than King’s, King follows the “less detail is more” trail unlike is counterpart Poe, who deeply describes all of his characters. One can always make the argument that Quiroga and Poe use different methods to kill and show a sense of pain and torture. All which are very valid points, but not extremely bullet