He mentions midnight in the first line. In the next paragraph he also speaks of "bleak December." Automatically I remembered the first line of The Purloined letter and the significance the time of month and day had on the story. I believe midnight and December brings up the idea of New Years Eve. The end as well as the begging to many things...
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The end as well as the begging to many things. It brings up the thought of a Winter darkness, and loneliness for some. Before the story even starts Poe makes you imagine what time of year it is and the feelings those seasons bring. The end of the year marks many holidays for us, with holidays comes family and friends...
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Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry The three poems; "The Raven", "Lenore", and "Annabel Lee", are all specifically about the loss of an ideal beauty. Poe was able to magnificently portray, and establish the difference between the three different ways that the speaker reacted, not much of a surprise, considering how great a writer and poet the man was...	2 / 398
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