Edgar Allan Poe Writing Style Analysis

Maybe Edgar Allan Poe has a unique style of writing because of his fondness for the weird, mysterious, and morbid. Whatever the reason, in all of his stories or poems he has the same goal to make his readers feel some kind of emotion. Some may be the sadness of a loved one’s death. In others, he may want to capture the horror of premeditated death. All in all, Poe’s style is characterized by his use of sound imagery, irony, and repeated elements. In his short story,”The Tell-Tale Heart”, Poe writes,”a low, dull sound such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton,” as an example of sound imagery. This simile is used to describe the old man’s heartbeat before the narrator kills him, and when the police officers show up. This quote helps Poe achieve his goal to make his readers feel the horror of premeditated death. The first time this quote is used, it creates suspense, and makes readers feel scared for the old man because of what the narrator wants to do to him. The second time the narrator hears it, it keeps getting louder and louder until it finally drives the narrator to confess to the police about the murder. The use of this quote is significant to the story and Poe’s style because it shows how well Poe was at using sound imagery in his writing. In the story,”The Cask of

When Montresor and Fortunato arrive at his palazzo, no one is home. Also, the catacombs are so far down that no one would be able to hear anything from down there. This repeated element of isolation helps create the horror of premeditated death because by knowing that Montresor’s plan had involved going into the catacombs where no one would be able to hear Fortunato’s screams, or cries for help, makes readers scared for Fortunato’s life. The use of this repeated element shows that Poe likes to create mysterious, suspenseful, and horrifying stories for his