To One In Paradise Edgar Allan Poe Analysis

The American poet, Edgar Allan Poe writes many short stories and poems about his tragic and sorrowful life. In his famous poem, “To One in Paradise,” Poe describes a dreadful event that occurred in which his adored loved one passed away. In this poem he utilizes frantic word choice to mirror his own panic, complex and compelling comparisons to provide the reader with a similar experience and a passionate attitude to express his inner feelings regarding the loss of his soul mate more vividly.
Distraught over his life’s current events, Edgar Allan Poe inputs unsettling and anxious diction throughout the poem. Within the lines 12 and 13 the reader can began to acknowledge that he suffers from feeling lifeless and defeated without her presence.

The first stanza replicates when Poe’s loved one remained in his life. According to his cheerful and affectionate tone the reader can conclude, he intensely and with all of his passion had a deep love for her. This becomes more apparent in the section where he states, “soul did pine,” and, “dream too bright,” one would come to the conclusion he has always wanted her and doesn’t want to experience losing her. Poe approaches the next stanza with a fretful and distressed tone, which he displays in the section stating, “No more— no more—no more—,” and, “For, alas! Alas!” These components exhibit Poe’s unsettled emotions with the passing of his loved one, he expresses a tone of apprehension while pondering of a meaningless life without her. Desperately pining for her, he demonstrates a tone in which the reader can recognize he has become soulless and overwhelmed with grief. Poe releases this tone in the lines, “days are trances and all my nighty dreams,” revealing his days and nights have become replaced by meaningless thoughts and extreme anguish. Poe’s use of complex tones transmutes across all the stanzas. This allows the reader to acknowledge his sense of fulfillment from a fervent relationship, to utmost perturbation, until he at last becomes completely defeated mentally, emotionally and even physically.
Poe inserts unsettling and edgy diction simulating his own thought process, captivating and intense metaphors along with a riveting and vehement spirit to promote the reader a better comprehension on his own perception of emptiness. After reading, “To One in Paradise,” one could conclude Edgar Allan Poe believes that nothing pure, is guaranteed to last, therefore it can be a serious fault by assuming that one could possibly could ever achieve full control of their own serendipity and