Imagery In The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe
Imagine being left for dead under a swinging pendulum,death by insanity, and death by jealousy. Edgar Allen Poe is seen as a dark, transcendentalist writer with a death wish for his characters. Poe’s essay is strong in the dark tone as illustrated when analyzing the setting and pieces of imagery.
Poe writes with unity in his works. Poe always stays in the same dark tone. Poes uses the setting and his imagery to support his outlandish tones and ideas. Poe writes of death and terrible punishment, but to make the story appear more realistic he uses setting to support. Poe speaks of even the smallest things as dreadful or even horrific. “And it might have been for this reason only, that when i again uplifted my eyes to the house itself, from its image in the pool, there grew in my mind a strange fancy- a fancy so ridiculous, indeed, that but i mention it to show the vivid force of the sensations which …show more content…
The sensations that he feels within himself appear as horrid and unwanted in his works. When Poe writes, “The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within.” (#) Poe makes the reader believe that no matter the beauty in something there is always something dark and timid about it; as if it should not be trusted. The darkness in stating that “... The windows were long, narrow, and pointed,...” appears to the reader as dark and scary when in reality it may be a gorgeous victorian style home. When Poe writes he wants the reader to be confused and contradicted in the meaning of his words. Poe may not state the true appearance of the house and only the parts that seem dark and unappealing. Even when Poe describes the setting to the reader he also includes imagery in not only describing the setting but also the feelings of the
Poe writes with unity in his works. Poe always stays in the same dark tone. Poes uses the setting and his imagery to support his outlandish tones and ideas. Poe writes of death and terrible punishment, but to make the story appear more realistic he uses setting to support. Poe speaks of even the smallest things as dreadful or even horrific. “And it might have been for this reason only, that when i again uplifted my eyes to the house itself, from its image in the pool, there grew in my mind a strange fancy- a fancy so ridiculous, indeed, that but i mention it to show the vivid force of the sensations which …show more content…
The sensations that he feels within himself appear as horrid and unwanted in his works. When Poe writes, “The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within.” (#) Poe makes the reader believe that no matter the beauty in something there is always something dark and timid about it; as if it should not be trusted. The darkness in stating that “... The windows were long, narrow, and pointed,...” appears to the reader as dark and scary when in reality it may be a gorgeous victorian style home. When Poe writes he wants the reader to be confused and contradicted in the meaning of his words. Poe may not state the true appearance of the house and only the parts that seem dark and unappealing. Even when Poe describes the setting to the reader he also includes imagery in not only describing the setting but also the feelings of the