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Comparing The Raven And Incident In A Rose Garden

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In the poems “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe and “Incident in a Rose Garden” by Donald Justice both have to do with the theme. A theme is basically the general topic of a story/poem or what is being learned in the story. In both poems, they have many similar themes such as one being death. The theme of death is shown through the characters, the setting, and the resolution.

In both of these poems, they express death through the characters. Such as in the poem by Poe, the narrator says “From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore” (Poe). This expresses death because the narrator is talking about his beloved Lenore, that had died. As well as, in the poem by Justice the Gardener says “I want to see my sons once more before I
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