Poe uses the same writing technique in his well-known poem, "The Raven". ... The atmosphere in the beginning of the poem was very sullen and he describes the night to the reader as dreary which gives a sort of cold and spooky mood. ... In the poem it becomes obvious to the reader that Poe is using experiences from his own life and by this shows that he was a true Dark Romantic writer because he wrote from his dark side. ... In "The Raven" Poe shows his true side, his dark side, when he shows the characters change of characteristics throughout the poem. ... In the beginning of the poem the ...

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As Poe put the scientifically proven facts into the basis of the work, he eventually created outstanding poems and short stories which later influenced other authors and trends in literature. ... Poe had a life that was full of depression. ... Later, he wrote his most popular poem "The Raven" in hopes that the result would be a creepy poem that is very clear of the symbolism he wanted to use. "The Raven" was one of his most popular poems that he wrote and was published in 1845. In this poem of his, he reflected a lot of his life and what he has been through into it. ...

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Edgar Allan Poe wrote tales of the mysterious and the morbid. ... Poe wrote stories purely for economic reasons, by choice he was a poet. Most of his poems are known for their flawless literary construction and their haunting messages. "The Raven" is a poem that in an essence seems to be Poe himself, a man is mourning for his lost Lenore and reading of forgotten lore. ... This poem is so completely balanced and whole that it is timeless; the omens of death run deep in this tale of horror. ...

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With many contributions of famous writers such as Irving, Cooper, Bryant, and Poe composed the stories and poems which all of them had a great value in the American literature. ... How about the poems? Talking about the poems, the reader can recognize the poems of Edgar Allan Poe are romantic. ... Analyzing Poe's poem, the reader will see how he put all elements of Romanticism in the poem The Raven. ... Poe describes his soul through the poem with the deep of sorrow and sadness. ...

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With many contributions of famous writers such as Irving, Cooper, Bryant, and Poe composed the stories and poems which all of them had a great value in the American literature. ... Talking about the poems, the reader can recognize the poems of Edgar Allan Poe as being of the Romantic Era. ... Analyzing Poe's poem, the reader will see how he put all elements of Romanticism in the poem The Raven. As for the nature element, Poe describes the scene of the poem, which was in the break of December. ... Poe describes his soul through the poem with the deep emotions of sorrow and sadness. ...

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Another author who uses an interest in the past is Edgar Allen Poe. In the poem "To Helen",Poe states, " To the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome" ("To Helen" 183). ... Poe got his inspiration from the Black Death, a plague which killed millions of Europeans. ... Poe is an exquisite example of how psychology is used in his stories. ... In addition to this, in -Masque of the Red Death," Poe has everyone in the town so afraid of dying that the fear actually causes them to die. ...

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Another author who uses an interest in the past is Edgar Allen Poe. In the poem "To Helen",Poe states, " To the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome" ("To Helen" 183). In this example Poe is using the beauty of the past nations of Greece and Rome to add imagery that corresponds with the beauty he sees in Helen. ... Poe got his inspiration from the Black Death, a plague which killed millions of Europeans. ... Poe is an exquisite example of how psychology is used in his stories. ...

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Matthiessen was influential in determining the canon of American writers from this period: Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. ... Walt Whitman Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself," from "Leaves of Grass" is often considered the most stunningly original poem ever written by an American. ... " The poem is innovative both in terms of style and content, forever altering the course of American poetry. The poem clearly participates in the invention of a myth of a democratic America. ... Poe's work often explores questions of individual psychology, but can c...

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His attraction to Poe remained consistent throughout his lifetime. He identified completely with Poe integrating many of his thoughts and ideas into his own poetry. Like Poe, Baudelaire disliked the romantic reverence for spontaneity and inspiration. ... This is also made apparent in both Petit poemes en prose and Le spleen de Paris, a collection of prose poems in which he seeks a mysterious sort of beauty in the ugliness of the modern city. ... He has this notion reflected in many of his poems including Une martyre, in which he attempts to turn horror into beauty. ...

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Between 1800 and 1860, Romanticism's concepts were well shown through the works of authors and poets such as Hawthorne, Poe, and Longfellow. ... Because the poem set on a beach, Longfellow describes the setting as "...sea-sands damp and brown..." and "...the little waves, with their soft, white hands." ... Lastly, this poem reflects on its romantic beliefs when it shows Longfellow's quest for some higher truth in the natural world. ... In conclusion, the poem, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls," deals with Romanticism in copious aspects of the author's ideas and thoughts....

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William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Copper and Edgar Allen Poe were major contributors to the Romantic Movement. Most of the romantic writings included emotions, imagination and "reveled in nature." (220) One poet and poem that applies not only nature, but life and death to emphasize its message, is William Cullen Bryant and his renowned poem "Thanotopsis". ... In his poem "Thanotopsis" Bryant writes about death, and how society should not fear it but rather embrace it. ...

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Bierce describes this scene with clear focus on details "A sentinel at the each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support", that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest – a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body. [1]" Bierce's use of specific details presented in the story and the diction used is important to the style of realism as compared to Edgar Allan Poe's poems of romanticism. In Edgar Allan Poe's "Ann...

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These three elements are in two great stories, and one poem two of which are by Edgar Allen Poe and one from Nathaniel Hathorn, These three great stories of Romantic literature are "The Black Cat", "The Raven" and Dr. ...

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Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP VAN WINKLE; Edgar Allan Poe, author of many masterpieces, such as THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, ELDORADO, ANNABEL LEE, TO HELEN, and THE RAVEN; Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, author of the famous MOBY DICK. ... Holmes is known for the poem OLD IRONSIDES. ...

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