Imagery And Word Choice In Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry

Edgar Allan Poe was a talented poet who was famous for his poems and short stories. In fact, Poe was such a great writer that he was able to have a career through writing alone. In his poetry, Poe is able to make readers feel emotion and a connection to his poems by using writing tools such as imagery and word choice. Throughout many of Poe’s poems imagery is used to help readers visualize a picture in their mind of what is happening and understand the emotion of the poem. For example, imagery is used in one of Poe’s famous poems, “Annabel Lee.” In the poem, it says “the angels, not so half happy in heaven, went envying her and me:Yes! That was the reason (as all men know in the kingdom by the sea) that the wind came out of a cloud, chilling and killing my Annabel Lee”. Poe implies that the angels took his wife away from him because they were jealous of their love. Poe also uses imagery in his poem “alone”. For example, in the poem Poe writes “My sorrow—I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone—” . In this

Poe uses strong words such as “demons” to help readers understand how strong the love was between the man and Annabel Lee and to help them make a connection to it. Last but not least, the poem “The Raven” is also an example of word choice. In the poem, Poe writes “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,” Poe uses word choice in this poem because he uses words such as “weak and weary” to emphasise the emotions he had and help the reader have a connection to his poem. Overall, Poe uses word choice in all of his poems to help readers make a connection to his writing. All in all, Edgar Allan poe uses imagery and word choice in all of his poems. Poe uses imagery and word choice to help readers understand and connect to his writing. In conclusion, readers have a better understanding of Poe’s work because of the writing techniques he uses in all of his