Edgar Allan Poe “Edgar Allan Poe was a poet who encountered the oddity of human nature and had a farfetched imagination about life. He writes with the intent that the readers experience each phrase, each word, and each stanza in a way different from anything ever read. The language tends to give the reader an exotic setting or image which makes the story extraordinary” (May 5). In his poems "Lenore," "The Raven," and "Ligeia," Poe speaks …showed first 75 words of 1639 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1639 total…where he must go because he can't bring her back to him. Ligeia, his ultimate love is the most unique. Nothing compares to her and is mind is overcome with thoughts of her. He imagines that she is still with him much of the time and is possessed with memories of her. It almost seems that each love ends in death and each poem is a symbol of reincarnating that lost love (Harold). (6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**