Edgar Allan Poe Metaphors

Edgar Allen Poe, one of the most widely known authors of horror, mystery, and poetry. He wrote poetry since he was 13 years old. He attended the University of Virginia but in order to pay for the school, he started gambling and ended up losing most of his money and had to withdraw from the university. Poe published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827, around the same time he joined the army. In 1830, he won a spot at West Point. In the same year we was able to publish a second book. One of the genres in which Poe excelled at most was mystery. One of the reasons that may be is because his own life was a mystery. His dad abandoned his family when he was young and when Poe was only 3 years old, his mother passed away. He was then

One example of a metaphor in “A Dream Within a Dream”, is “a shore and wave” which symbolize forces of life. In addition,the following part of stanza two is another example of a metaphor, “Grains of the golden sand-- How few! yet how they creep. Through my fingers to the deep” (Poe 2). Poe compares the grains of golden sand that creep though fingers to the beautiful days that flew by, but wishes he could keep forever. Lastly, he uses the following phrase, “And I hold within my hand, Grains of the golden sand--”(Poe 2) to show how sad he is. After reading those two lines, the reader can imagine how sad a man is after losing his lover. And seeing that man stand there broken down, and left with only memories of his lover

In “A dream within a dream” he writes about the death of his lover and how his life was effected, his reactions, and he tries to deal with it. He talks about how it all became so unreal to him and how it was difficult to get a grasp on what was going on. He talks about the grief he faced after the loss of his lover. Since Poe also lost his mother really young, he has a special appreciation for life. He believes that life is something special and that it shouldn’t be taken for granted because at any moment, everything can change. Life is a dream and death is an awakening. Poe finds that life is happier and more unreal when looking back on it after a death. A death awakens us. In order to convey these ideas, Edgar Allen Poe uses alliteration, symbolism, and metaphors. He believes that people who are lucky, will be remembered even after they have passed