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Edgar Allan Poe Figurative Language

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In the time of Valentine’s there are plenty of love letters being written and given. At first glance there isn’t a “given” receiver to this poem. He, Edgar Allan Poe, is certainly thinking of someone dear as pointed out in the first line “For her this rhymed is penned”, but he never mentions who “her” is. Further into the poem, the second couplet mentions that a name, the name of who this poem is meant for, is hidden within the lines, the words, of the poem. “Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.” This line lets the reader know that not only is her name within the words of this poem, this poem is a challenge to the reader to find her name.

Edgar Allan Poe’s choice of words, his diction,
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