Edgar Allan Poe Literary Devices

One of the greatest authors in history, Edgar Allen Poe, for some reason always creates writing pieces revolving around death. Why does he do that? One reason for this is probably because his life had many sorrows and difficulties. It was filled with deaths of close family members and many friendships. In his poems and other pieces of work he uses many literary devices to convey this. Edgar Allen Poe uses rhyme, repetition, and symbolism to show his different emotions and produce poems with themes of sorrow and regret.
Poe’s use of structure emphasizes the way he uses repetition and rhyme in his poems and creates a mood of sorrow. For example, in the poem “To My Mother, it says, “Therefore by that dear name I long have called you—/You who are more than mother unto me,/And fill my heart of hearts, where Death installed you/In setting my Virginia's spirit free./My
In his poem, “The Raven” there is a symbol shown.Poe himself is symbolized as the Raven. This is done to symbolize mournful, never-ending remembrance of death. This specific part of the poem connotes a meaning of despair and helplessness. “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,/Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;/But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token.” Throughout the poem Poe shows and symbolizes the narrator’s sorrow is for his lost and his perfect maiden Lenore is the reason behind his conversation with the Raven. Another example of symbolism that Poe uses is in his poem, “The Bells.” It states, “Hear the mellow wedding bells/Golden bells!/What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!/Through the balmy air of night.” In each stanza of this poem deals with a type of bell and establishes a mood or emotion. He symbolizes the silver sledge bells with excitement, while the golden wedding bells are symbolized as celebration and