Edgar Allan Poe's Literary Analysis

Usually, fairy tales are in connection to big and illustrious happy endings. But in Edgar Allan Poe’s case, it is evident that they do not exist, for his stories more often than not bear a grotesque demeanor. His life was surrounded by death. All of the women in his life died young, including his mother, sister, and wife. By the age of three, he had experienced what most would not experience until nearly the middle or end of their lives. Living in such an atmosphere allowed Poe to reach deep into his emotions when writing. Edgar Allan Poe was known for his macabre metaphors. These metaphors challenged the reader to endeavor themselves into his simple words; coming to find the gothic elements portrayed. He most commonly portrayed love and death in his poems. Poe is even credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Edgar Allan Poe utilizes symbolism and portrays an envious love tale, ending in tragedy to expose the speaker’s emotional state in the poem “Annabel Lee.”

Edgar Allen Poe was one of the great writers of this world. He created several poems and short stories of a dark and dreary setting. His imagination was incredible. Edgar Allen Poe did not have a normal life. Bad luck and heart ach seemed to follow him until his death. His writing style was very different than other writers' style. His most famous

Edgar Allan Poe. A sinister and mysterious writer yet caring and giving husband, Mr. Poe lived his short forty years of life in a seemingly state of disarray and torment. We all know his famous works for their perverse styles and gruesome detail but what caused his limitless collection of murder, insanity, and longing for a lost love that is found within his pages?

In addition, one of the greatest distinctions in Poe’s technique is his choice of “dark” words, which add to the genre of his stories. In both “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado”, these words portray madness, death, fury, and murder to create fear. For example, when the narrator explains how the old man’s efforts to imagine his fears causeless to be in vain, he says, “All in vain; because Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel—although he neither saw nor heard—to feel the presence of my head within the room” The usage of such disturbing words like “vain”, “Death”, “stalked”, “mournful”,

This essay will discuss the themes in Poe’s writing that mirror his personal life and, in addition, the fear and supernatural motivators for his characters. First, I will discuss Poe’s background and explore how he became best known as a poet for his tales of mystery and macabre.

    Edgar Allan Poe once said, “With me, poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.” When stressed, writing was his coping mechanism, and through observation, many grasp how much death encompassed Poe. Although not appreciated during his era, he revolutionized mystery with mesmerizing story plots that yield suspense, but also makes readers question his stability. Most importantly, unlike those famous during his lifetime who are now forgotten, Poe’s legacy will live on forever. Moreover, throughout life, Poe experienced catastrophe, and because of this, writing became his creative outlet.

Do you like a little bit of strange and whimsical writing? Edgar Allen Poe wraps both of those adjectives into his writing. There is a day in Pittsburgh where a reading of Edgar Allen Poe’s works are read. We could benefit very much from this. If we go we would learn much more about Edgar Allen Poe, we would be exposed to different types of literature, and we could help with the costs.

Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, “Ligeia,” utilizes setting and attention to detail to provide a better understanding of the mysterious character of Ligeia and how her Gothic nature affects the overall outcome of the narrative. While the unnamed narrator struggles to get his mind off of Ligeia, it does not help that all of his surroundings remind him of her. The narrator does not encounter a picturesque setting throughout the entire story. After Ligeia’s death, her hometown is tarnished for the narrator because he is reminded of his lover in everything he sees. “The old, decaying city near the Rhine” symbolizes the body of his dead lover (Poe 619).

The literary works, “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, “Tell Tale Heart”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”, all describe the pessimistic characteristic and writing style of author, Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s literary works were influenced by his rough upbringing, exposing him to bleak situations. He was an orphan but still went through a brutal experience after his uncle took him in. As a result, when Poe grew up, most of his writings reflect on his experiences as a child and young adult. Poe uses layered irony and complex syntax to enhance his works as well as catching the reader's attention with his unusual, gothic writing style, which no other author explored at that time.

Author Edgar Allen Poe wrote dark tales and poems. His troubles began when he was only a child. First his father left and then his mother died before he was three years old. After he was adopted, his foster parents wanted him to follow in their footsteps. After a while though he parted ways with them. His adult life was full of poverty, alcoholism, and unhappiness. When he decided to marry he married his thirteen year old cousin Virginia Clemm.

There are two complex stories that are similar to one another. It revolves on two story lines, but have strong similarities to one another. First it was proven that poverty and life struggles with lack of great relationships to their loved ones was in fact true. Starting out Edgar Allen Poe was a known poet and writer, but lived a very sad life I believe. The difference between today’s society and back then is no different from the present. Growing up he became a child orphan whose father abandoned the family when he was much younger and sadly the mother died the following year due to an illness, and it became a critical moment in his life. He wrote a poem in related to his struggles with life and that’s how he

The poem The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe can be interpreted in many different ways. In my opinion, the poem tells of a woman that was very important in his life. The raven in the poem is his representation of the constant reminder that his lost loved one named Lenore is gone. There is a lot of evidence that supports this claim throughout the poem that Poe uses.

The story doesn’t make much sense to a reader taking every word literally. Edgar Allen Poe wanted the reader to understand how all the actions of the people and the colors of the rooms and their order and the masked man were to show life and death. I believe the number of chambers (seven) may also have some meaning behind it as seven is the number of completeness or perfection in biblical studies. A life having seven stages, or chambers, from birth to death, showing that a human life contains all seven stages, makes each one of our lives complete. (100 words)

When looking at a piece of literature through a psychological approach it is easy to apply Sigmund Freud’s theories of the id, ego, and superego, which focus on conscious and unconscious behavior. When analyzing many of Poe’s works, critics tend to look through a psychological lens. Specifically in Poe’s The Black Cat. Some critics believe that Poe’s alcoholism is reflected in the piece, but many, such as James W. Gargano “advised the tales readers to avoid the biographical pitfall of seeing Poe and the first-person narrator of The Black Cat as ‘identical literary twins’” (Piacentino 1). It is due to his childhood that Poe’s narrator in The Black Cat subconsciously places animals before humans, thus leading to him to murder his wife.

The Portable Edgar Allen Poe, edited by J. Gerald Kennedy, is a phenomenal compilation of works from one of America's greatest writers of the nineteenth century. Published in 2006, the book contains short stories, poems, and letters, written by Edgar Allen Poe. Full of lies, hope, revenge, and guilt, the stories in this assemblage are suspenseful and convey powerful messages.