Some examples of internal rhyme that occur in the poem are when he says "dreary" and "weary" which occur in line one, "napping", "tapping", and "rapping" repeating tapping and rapping during lines three and four, and "shutter" and "flutter" in lines thirty-seven. ... This grief and other feelings and events in Poe's life largely shaped his poetry and how it was written. ...

• Word Count: 1108
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

He must read into Poe, and understand the hardships of his life and how he maintained them that way. ... Perverseness provides the rationale for otherwise unjustifiable acts, such as killing the first cat or rapping with his cane upon the plastered-up wall behind which stood his wife's corpse "...already greatly decayed and clotted with gore." ...

• Word Count: 932
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School