Eldorado By Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow Fell…
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Lenore
Lenore By Edgar Allan Poe Ah broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll!–a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river; And, Guy De Vere, hast thou no tear?–weep now or never more! See! on…
The Bells
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe I. Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All…
A Valentine
A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes, Brightly expressive as the twins of Loeda, Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader. Search narrowly…
Literary Writing Style of Edgar Allan Poe
Like all other writers, Poe, too, created his own unique style. Holistically, his style marks with Gothic elements, having strange and bizarre characters and unique buildings punctuated with mysterious happenings. In terms of word choice, sentence, literary devices, and rhetorical…
10 Best Edgar Allan Poe Poems
Edgar Allen Poe, a famous mystery and horror story writer, is also known as one of the greatest poets. Interestingly, his poetry also revolves around mysterious figures, esoteric events, and horrible events or terrible situations. Some of his best poems…
To — — –. Ulalume: A Ballad
To — — –. Ulalume: A Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crispéd and sere— The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of…
The Haunted Palace
The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace—reared its head. In the monarch Thought’s dominion, It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion…
A Dream
A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe In visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed— But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me broken-hearted. Ah! what is not a dream by day To him…
To My Mother
To My Mother by Edgar Allan Poe Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of “Mother,” Therefore by that dear…
The Conqueror Worm
The Conqueror Worm by Edgar Allan Poe Lo! ’t is a gala night Within the lonesome latter years! An angel throng, bewinged, bedight In veils, and drowned in tears, Sit in a theatre, to see A play of hopes and fears,…
Alone
Alone by Edgar Allan Poe 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…
The Raven
The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone…
A Dream within a Dream
A Dream within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow — You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet…
10 Dramatic Uses of Apostrophe by Edgar Allan Poe
Apostrophe and Edgar Allan Poe An apostrophe is a literary device that an author uses to have his characters address characters, personifications, or ideas directly, as though they were present in the scene. Apostrophes are common in plays and poetry,…
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with…
Edgar Allan Poe
Early Life Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of America on January 19, 1809. He was the son of professional actors David and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. His father left the family shortly after…
