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Lenore - 1850

"Wretches! ye loved her for her wealth and hated her for her pride, And when she fell in feeble health, ye blessed her- that she died"

This excerpt reminds me a lot of pop culture. We (me) judge people in the spotlight all the time and don't take time to realize that they are people too. I'm very guilty of this. it's so easy to do and I kinda love it.

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The Pit and the Pendulum - art by Reynold Brown (1961)

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For Annie - 1849

Thank Heaven! the crisis -- The danger is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last -- And the fever called "Living" Is conquered at last. Sadly, I know I am shorn of my strength, And no muscle I move As I lie at full length -- But no matter! -- I feel I am better at length. And I rest so composedly, Now, in my bed, That any beholder Might fancy me dead -- Might start at beholding me, Thinking me dead.

I think this excerpt could have just came out of a depressed teenager's mouth as easily as Poe's. I know that school has a similar effect as death sometimes. It's not a literal translation, but I think if Poe was in modern day high school, he would have shared the same opinion.

#For Annie #Text Analysis 3

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As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.

In this quote by Poe, he says poets have reason, and regular people live regular, boring lives. (via tarblenator)

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They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. In their gray visions they obtain glimpses of eternity, and thrill…

This quote by Poe explains how he sees the world differently than everyone else, and there views are gray and dull.

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The first verse of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (1845).

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In Youth I Have Known One - 1827

How often we forget all time, when lone Admiring Nature's universal throne; Her woods- her wilds- her mountains- the intense Reply of hers to our intelligence!

This excerpt upholds the Idealism portion of Romanticism. He writes about nature and how we forget everything when we are alone, admiring everything around us. "Nature's universal throne" refers to how nature in is everything and all that we do can be drawn back to nature. He says nature responds to everything we do, and we are just pawns living in her beautiful world.

#Stanzas #Text Analysis 1

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There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.

Edgar Allan Poe (via feellng)

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Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The Black Cat.” For those who haven’t read the story, please do indulge yourselves: http://poestories.com/read/blackcat

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Alone - 1875

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were -- I have not seen As others saw -- I could not bring My passions from a common spring -- From the same source I have not taken My sorrow -- I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone -- And all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone --

This excerpt of Poe's poem "Alone" really describes his life well. He describes the way that he sees the world, and how he's the only one that views it the way he does. His passions come from a much different, darker place than any other poet of his time. He says that from a child he was different, he had a very dark childhood filled with a lot of family death. He never had the same experiences as a normal young boy, and I think this is easily seen in all of his work.

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