When Edgar Lee Masters was a very thoughtful and independent man when writing. Race‚ anger‚ reconstruction‚ and big change are just a few words to describe what Edgar’s writing was influenced by. Edgar Lee Masters ( 1868 - 1950 ) is most closely categorized in the New Industrial Era. This era began around 1870 and extended to roughly 1914. This time period was all about advancing in the technological field. Despite all of these possible distraction‚ Masters was able find a way to write thoroughly
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Poetry Explication Sometimes there is more to a person than what can be seen‚ and there can be something much deeper than what we know. We can reveal a lot about the characters in The Spoon River Anthology written by Edgar Lee Masters. The poems in his anthology consist of fascinating characters telling us their life stories after their death. There’s a lot to uncover about the lives of Seth Compton and Lucinda Matlock from what they tell us. Master’s brilliant style of writing shows us directly
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Hope versus Passionate Love Two poets can be both alike and different‚ just as the two poets Edgar Lee Masters and Amy Lowell are Edgar Lee Masters and Amy Lowell write poetry about life‚ finding love and experiencing loss in very different ways‚ but both are successful in bringing about a truly touching connection with their readers. These two poets have an extraordinary ability to attract their audiences‚ by using both romanticism and modern techniques in their writing. Amy Lowell said it best
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intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.”(literarydevices.net) In his Spoon River Anthology‚ realist poet Edgar Lee Masters uses irony to depict his characters‚ his poems divulging bizarre situations where appearance and reality may be distinct. From a graveyard and the depth of their tombs‚ three citizens of Spoon River‚ Trainor the Druggist‚ Doc Hill‚ and Margaret Fuller Slack‚ tell the truth about themselves‚ each telling what may be his or her own epitaph. They each depict
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During‚ the life of Edgar Allan Poe‚ he had lost many relatives and his lover‚ Virginia‚ to tuberculosis and other causes. The poem “Annabel Lee” illustrates this love and loss of his short time lover. Poe was alone throughout his lifetime. At the age of 2 his mother died and his father later abandoned him and his brothers. Unfortunately‚ this also happened with his foster parents. Many of Poe’s “relatives” had passed away or never bothered to care for him in the times he needed them the most. During
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"Annabel Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe What is the theme in this poem? And how is it expressed? The main theme raised in this poem is the strong and eternal love between a lover and a beloved. Many figures of speech‚ diction and several figures of sound are used to convey it. To begin with‚ hyperbole-in line nine and thirty six-is employed to describe the intensity of the lover’s feelings to magnify Annabel Lee’s beauty and innocence and to reaffirm the speaker’s grief and sorrow. The poem
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theme in poetry and “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe displays this theme clearly. The poem begins with a young man and woman who are in love. They are young‚ but their age cannot undermine the power of their love. Tragically‚ the young woman dies and the blame for her death is placed on the angels. This beautiful poem discusses the different aspects of their love and addresses the supposedly supernatural cause of her death. The most obvious theme displayed in “Annabel Lee” is love. Poe reiterates that
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Edger Allen Poe: Master of the Macabre Regarded as the inventor of the modern detective story‚ the pioneer of the science fictions‚ such as the time travel stories‚ and the author of tales of imaginations and mysteries‚ the name of Edger Allen Poe shines like a brightest star in the American author’s universe. He was well-known for his horror and frightening stories. His personal life was also a legend of dejection‚ dreadfulness and sorrow itself. His personality was full of morbid fascination because
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Edgar Allen Poe wrote the poem Annabel Lee in 1849. The poem is about the loss of a love‚ the loss of his wife Virginia. Poe’s wife died of a disease common in that era‚ which in fact killed many people‚ called tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was responsible for the death of about 2‚500 people in just three years‚ from 1885-1887. Poe wrote this poem two years after the death of his beloved wife. In this two year span‚ many people suggest that he had tried dating in many affairs‚ and even contemplated
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Annabel Lee is a ballad that talks about love‚ death and supernatural. The main character who was Annabel Lee is a symbol for Edgar Allan Poe’s dead wife Virginia Poe. Annabel Lee was describing as maiden‚ which may mean as young lady. He stated the love affair between them. Their love begun when they’re still a child in a shore describe as “kingdom by the sea”. The sea as powerful elements of nature that symbolizes loneliness and coldness. The love was a very strong and steadfast as the line "But
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