... the poem "doubles back on itself since his recognition, in "To Helen," of the quest he had still to make is actually a form of his making it." ("Edgar Allan Poe, Symbolism in His Works). About a year later, Jane died and caused what would only be the first of Poe's heartaches. The ... They loved each other so much that they could not imagine life without the other. However, as the poem continues, the reader sees the dark aspect that is attached to so much of Poe's work. The thoughts of the moon shining every night to remind him of that which he had lost, of the stars never rising without ...

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• Grade Level: High School