The gothic genre focused on darkness, death, isolation and caution either in the behavior of one person toward another or within an individual's own selfhood (poemuseum.org). ... This being said, his depressing life helped with his inspirations for his dark stories. ... Despite all of the many trials he faced as an adult, the mystery surrounding his death has lead to many myths. ... Also, Poe believed that the most poetic topic was the death of beautiful women. ... He writes and vents his pain through the poem while he was mourning the death of his wife, Virginia. ...

• Word Count: 1138
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

He uses euphemisms like that to cover up the harsh realities of life and death. ... The line "When old age shall this generation waste" refers to death, possibly even his own. ... Keats lived a life full of tragedies, from the death of his parents to his own untimely death; he describes much of his troubled emotions in this poem. ... describes gloomy weather, possibly the coming of winter, which associates with death. ... The images on the urn show happiness and beauty, which often can overpower the harsh truths of existence, still hold the dark realities of the universe. ...

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Suddenly the moon that was in-line with the cottage illuminating the destination for the rider, drops down below the cottage given the image of sudden darkness. This can be associated with dark feelings giving a depressing uncheerful atmosphere. ... This represents the passing of time moving towards the end of life, and finally the vanishing moon implying death. ...

• Word Count: 918
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He quickly introduces the theme of death and compares the dead leaves to "ghosts" (3). ... The important word is "seeds" for it shows that even in death, new life will grow out of the "grave." ... Stanza four deals with two ideas, one being that death would have no hold over us if humanity were to worship the power, and the other with celebrating the intellectual power (Brewer 989). ... Thus, implying that the power has to stay within people in order for death to become a "dying flame-. He concludes the stanza with "Depart not as thy shadow came, Depart not "lest the grave should be, Li...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The story shows an interest in the unusual such as Irving describes the death of Tom's wife. ... The darkness and quiet are around his house with the cold of winter. ... The Raven used to talk and repeat just one word "Nevermore," but because of that word, it helped Poe recognizes the death of his special wife. ...

• Word Count: 997
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Ode to the West Wind starts off with death and turns into something beautiful. ... For someone who lived a short life understood that the nature's purpose in our Universe was not to depress or inconvenience us with darkness but it was essential to the cycle and to life. ...

• Word Count: 702
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The story shows an interest in the unusual in Irving's description of the death of Tom's wife. ... The darkness and quiet are around his house complement the cold of winter. ... The Raven used to talk and repeat just one word "Nevermore," but because of that word, it helped Poe recognizes the death of his beloved wife. ...

• Word Count: 971
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Once this is discovered, it can automatically be assumed that this poem is dealing with death and will probably not contain much happiness. ... Although the stench is a very unpleasant odor and invokes a negative response to the sense of smell, the odor is also a sad reminder that the animal is now deceased and that death brings about a sad and depressed feeling. ... The flies have swarmed the dead beast and make it appear as a dark black cloud has descended upon the carcass. ... Death is a sad thing and the reader is reminded that one day they will be just like the dead animal. ...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

First the source of this strange desire came because of the death of his mother from which he never seemed to recover. ... He goes on to say, "This is because of the simple fact that the novel reconstitutes in the reader the dark and potent portion of human nature that Foust describes as part Ape and part Angel or Monster vs. ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

An owl, being a creature of the night, is a true symbol of a herald of death (May 3). ... It is by the fitness of the manners, the death of the passions, the definiteness and consistency of the characters, the beauty and liveliness of the descriptions, and the force and truth of moral sentiments that the true poet is known. ... The first thirteen lines of the poem serve to set the place and dark attitude. ...

• Word Count: 2551
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

This act leads to her death at the end of the story. ... Yet, her death is very significant for it marks the end of Rappaccini's experiment and the loss of his only companion. ... One notices here the sharp contrast between the darkness associated with the room and "the bright sunshine" of the garden. ... Yet, the romantic writer's rejection of this idea appears when he relates the room (culture) to darkness and unhappiness. ...

• Word Count: 9442
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Whenever two novels were written in different time periods, many differences can be found between these novels. They may have been written in different styles for different classes of readers. Viewpoints and beliefs change with time, and the writing styles in these novels reflect this evolution. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School