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edgar allen poe


This description comes from Poe's irrational side, which shows us Poe's instability as a writer and let alone a person. Poe's description of the house and Roderick show the readers his true qualities as a Dark Romantic writer.
             Poe uses the same writing technique in his well-known poem, "The Raven". "The Raven" shows more of Poe's deranged psyche. Poe begins his descriptive language of imagery right away by giving us the atmosphere of the characters home and his mood at the same time. 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. Poe describes the characters own mood as "nearly napping" (Pg 282), which gives us a sense of sleep and indicates to the reader that the character was tired. Poe's use of imagery plays an important role he how the mood is put across. Such imagery that gives the reader the eerie mood portrayed are "midnight dreary", "weak and weary", and finally "nearly napping" (Pg 282). 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. It becomes obvious that Poe is writing from past experiences when he begins to talk about his sweet Lenore. Lenore was a past love of Poe who had passed away. When the tapping began on his chamber door one of his first thoughts was that it was the spirit of Lenore who came back to see her love. This is the first clue to the characters first stage of instability. .
             In "The Raven" Poe shows his true side, his dark side, when he shows the characters change of characteristics throughout the poem. We notice this change through the change of the speaker's voice. In the beginning of the poem the speaker's tone is dull and does not really care about the tapping that is coming from his door. Yet as the tapping continues it begins to annoy him and decides to get up and see what or who is creating that god-forsaken noise.


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