Explication of Poe's Poems

was slightly built, and was five feet, eight inches in height. His mouth was considered beautiful.

His eyes, with long dark lashes, were hazel-gray. Poe’s brain, on the other hand, worked on a

different, more darker, wavelength than others.

Poe made many contributions to Western Literature. In fact, he wrote nearly seventy short

works of fiction. He is credited with creating the detective story genre and with transforming the

Gothic mystery tale of the Romantic Period. Poe developed a theory that he applied to both his

short stories and his poems. Its most basic principle was that in short fiction and poetry, the writer

should aim at creating a single and total psychological or spiritual effect upon the reader. The

theme or plot of the piece is always subordinate to the author's calculated construction of a single,

intense mood in the reader's or listener's mind. There are no extra elements in Poe– no sub-plots,

no minor characters, and no distractions (except those that show the madness of deranged first-

Ultimately, Poe took writing to be a moral task that simultaneously stimulated his

from my door!”(97-101). “Nevermore,” said the raven (102). And so the raven, never flying, is

chamber door because I was napping.” (19-23). Then I opened the door wide, and there was only

stepped a striking, almost noble, raven of virtuous days of history past (37-38). He didn’t show

all brave, enchanted on this deserted property on which this home is plagued with horror– tell me

'Tis as plain as the light of the day that you double it!

Assonance and consonance are also common occurrences in “The Raven.” Line 21, “But

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