However, if one were to paraphrase both poems, they would be equally as dark, yet it is the meter, tone and rhymes that pull the poems to opposite poles making one almost optimistic and the other horrific. Each poem depicts a lover grieving. The speaker in "The Raven" has been nearly moved to madness by his grief and heartache...
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The speaker in "The Raven" has been nearly moved to madness by his grief and heartache. While it is understood that the speaker in "Annabel Lee" is also grieving, one finds that he has comforted himself by allowing himself to know that she will always be with him, even though her body is in her grave...
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