EXPLANATION TO POE'S WRITINGS AND HIS TECHNIQUES
Many literary works of a great deal of contemporary writers express their familial backgrounds and experiences throughout their literature. For example, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, illustrates her struggle and strife as a young girl growing up in an abusive household. As for Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank was written to expose what her life was like during the Holocaust and how she was in hiding for close to two years. Edgar Allan Poe lived a hard life, which is reflected in his. Its dark and gloomy settings along with often depressing topics mirror his difficult times. That is generally the proposed reason why many of his short stories & poems seem to assert a great degree of blood and death. Especially since many of the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven" in particular, are marked by deep sadness over the loss of a loved one. "Poe gave these fantastic tales a dark, compelling sincerity" (Levert 59). Many of his poems are also about sadness over a lost happiness. They tell of how time has not been kind and the past was much better than the present. "It is a sadness that began in Poe's childhood with his father's desertion and the death of his m
Isn't it amazing how one man's troubled life could affect so many people? ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**WORKS CITEDAssel'neau, Roger, Edgar Allan Poe; Minneapolis. After "The Raven", which was released in 1845, Poe did not release another poem until 1847. There is little wonder why so many of his poems are about the death of a loved one. A source interprets that it implies how "death enters and destroys, but a prince seeks to block out the death" (Gale 23). For instance words Edgar Allan Poe used in his writing were; "bleak", "terrible", "gloom", "desolate", "decayed", "dreary", "melancholy", "dull", "depression", and "sickening" (Gale 11). "The bird can say only one word, "Nevermore", and that word reminds him that nothing can bring back his lost Lenore" (Carlson 15). In "Eldorado," Poe tells of a knight in search of the legendary city of Eldorado. Poetry for Young Adults: Edgar Allan Poe; New York: Dell. other-a dark sadness that continued throughout his life" (Gale 3). a fitting close for a life of disappointment endeavor. Poe's dark side often intruded upon his success. "Virginia eventually died on January 30, 1847, and Poe broke down Anderson 5though he felt relieved in a way from "the horrible never-ending oscillation between hope and despair (Assel'neau 13). By the spring of 1824 she was confined to her bed, and Edgar was not allowed to see her. Poe is the knight, Eldorado is his goal, and the "Valley of the Shadow" is death; the only way he can reach his goal is to die.
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