Tone And Mood In The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe
Tone and mood are very important features in poetry. In the poem, “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe, he uses lots of different types of figurative language to express the mournful tone.
To begin, alliteration is a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound. To start with, in the second stanza, Poe states, Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought to borrow/From my books a surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore (Lines 9-10). First, Poe uses alliteration to surcease of Sorrow to symbolize that he is trying to stop thinking about his wife. This alliteration sets a sad mood by him not caring that his wife died. Thus, lines 9 and 10 show alliteration to express sorrow towards his wife.
To continue, personification is
To begin, alliteration is a series of words that begin with the same consonant sound. To start with, in the second stanza, Poe states, Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought to borrow/From my books a surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore (Lines 9-10). First, Poe uses alliteration to surcease of Sorrow to symbolize that he is trying to stop thinking about his wife. This alliteration sets a sad mood by him not caring that his wife died. Thus, lines 9 and 10 show alliteration to express sorrow towards his wife.
To continue, personification is