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Edgar Allen Poe's 'Lines On Ale'

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A (Poe)m I chose the poem “Lines on Ale” it is a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe in his late life. He is thought to have written this poem while drinking his ale in a bar in Massachusetts. This poem reflects on how he orders his ale downs a glass of it and orders another round. He then states that after drinking he becomes happy and unaware of the worries around him and nothing matters because he is drinking his ale today.
In this poem the two poetry techniques he uses are rhyme schemes and imagery. He shows us this rhyme scheme when on the first line he says “cream and amber”, and on the third line he says “hilarious visions clamber.” He uses the same technique on the sixth and eighth lines where he first says “fade away” and then
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