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The Raven And Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe uses description to cast certain emotions to his audience. Within his descriptions, he perfectly picks words to strike horror or lift the lowest of spirits. Through his writing, Poe has become one who will never be forgotten. He will always be remembered as one of the pivotal writers in the romantic period of writing. In his works “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Raven”, and “Tell-Tale Heart”, he strategically describes people, events, and places for his readers to feel the full effect and emotion he wants. To understand how Edgar Allan Poe employed descriptive paragraphs and so carefully picked his words, we must understand the writing period he engaged in. The romantic period of writing employed description and word choice
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