The literary merits of Poe's writings have been disputed since his death, but his works have remained popular. ... Poe's work, although bleak and often dark, flowed with an ingenious style unique to him. ... This poem is so completely balanced and whole that it is timeless; the omens of death run deep in this tale of horror. ... His works romanticize darkness and the boundaries of the human mind; they probe the depths of human nature to the extent of chaos. ... The dark, chaotic, and romantic worlds that he created offered an escape from what is real. ...

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The fire of the tiger's eyes in the dark night forest shows a contrast between light and dark. ... This poem, one of four "Lucy" poems included in the second volume of "Lyrical Ballads" (1800), describes the poets premonition of death as he travels towards Lucy's house. The language immediately creates a sense of foreboding, or dark prophesy: "strange fits" of passion of which the poet "dare's" to tell. ... The natural path of the moon rising and falling each night also mirrors the organic cycle of birth and growth, decay and death in the world. Wordsworth's descrip...

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As a result of her witnessing death her story is based on the element of giving life; though it is mysterious in the way Shelley presents it. ... Even Victor's ambition to cheat death shows his romantic passion he has for fallen loved ones, including his mother. ... The mountains are also coincided with the sunset as they move from dark to light, and light to dark (Peckham). ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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Poe does not stray from his opening structure of a gloomy description of the "dank tarn" and "dark rooms" of the house to the gloomy ending marked by dark and horrific events (2,3). ... ", as the two are reunited in death, the mind can not live or die without its physical component, the senses (10). ...

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Bierce writes "His features were good – a straight nose, firm mouth, broad forehead, from which his long, dark hair was combed straight back, falling behind his ears to the collar of his well fitting frock coat. [1]" Bierce would trick his readers into believing Farquhar's imagination was an element of his story by using various narrative strategies. ... In comparison to "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe, Poe uses unrealistic description of setting to emphasize his point "With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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Romantic artist identified themselves with tormented heroes, worrying over death and lost love, while believing in the admiration of beauty. ... The main characteristics of Baroque art are strong perspective effects, dramatic color, dramatic light and dark, movement of figures, broken and agitated draperies, loose brushstrokes, and dense and detailed compositions for emotional impact on the viewer. ... Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818, oil on canvas, 37.3 Ã- 29.4 in Caspar David Friedrich Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Baroque subject matter ranged from miracles and visions, religi...

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