Comparison Of Poe And Doolittle

In the poems of Helen of Troy, there is contrast between the interpretation illustrated by the poems from Edgar Allan Poe and Hilda Doolittle. Both these authors offer different portrayals of the tone and the mood directed for the reader to interpret the character, both these poems are capable to achieve their structure of the stone by similarly using visual imagery.
In the poem “To Helen” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author describes the lustful platonic admiration for a woman possibly refereeing to Helen of Troy. The fanciful tone is clearly illustrated through the diction of the speaker. The connotation behind the specific word usage the author chose helps the reader make the assumptions of a form of love that is demonstrated by the speaker. Through his use of words such as “beauty”, “perfumed sea” and even comparing this spiritual essence of woman to that of “Psyche”- the god of soul. These quotes help create an emotional sense, evoking a tone of deep affection. Poe is able to keep this tone consistently throughout the poem.
The author clearly exhibits the tone of the poem in the first line “All Greece hates,” from this quote the reader captures the essence of the speaker by inferring a satirical attitude towards the character of the poem, Helen. This tone mainly occurs in the first two stanzas of the poem, as the author describes her as “white face,” meaning there is an assimilation in her to that of a dead person. Similarly, in the second stanza Doolittle denotates “wan face,” referring to that of a pale face, illness like impression. However, in the last stanza the tone shifts as the author now describes Helen as “God’s daughter, born of love,” and uses words such as “beauty” and “slenderest knees” connotating a similar tone to