Analysis Of The Poem My August Guest By Edgar Allan Poe

The Nature of Sorrow Why is autumn usually correlated with sorrow? In the poem â€Å"My November Guest†, Robert Frost talks about sorrow in the form of a female and this woman tries to convince the narrator to appreciate the beauty in sorrow and autumn. Frost convinces the reader into thinking that sorrow is deserved during November. The other poem, â€Å"Alone†, Edgar Allan Poe discusses the feeling of being alone and different and the sorrow that comes with it. Poe convinces the reader to hating the feeling of being different. Both of the poems are about sorrow and apply nature to enhance the meanings. Robert Frost describes sorrow as a female that wears grey and tries to convince Frost of the beauty in sorrow and solitude of November days. Whereas, Edgar Allan Poe talks about the loneliness he has felt his entire life and the sorrow that comes with being lonely and different. Firstly, both Robert and Edgar implement nature and autumn to express the sorrow that they a re feeling across to the reader. The method they use to convey sorrow pulls the reader into the poem as an abundant amount of people suffer from seasonal depression. When Robert Frost says, â€Å"She’s glad the birds are gone away,† he means that his sorrow strengthens from the feeling of being alone. This is similar to the feeling of solitude and sorrow that the narrator in â€Å"Alone† feels throughout the story. Furthermore, when Edgar Allan Poe says, â€Å"Of a demon in my view† the demon is the loneliness and sorrow he has feltShow MoreRelatedSeminar: Literary Theory Applied to H.P. Lovecraft-Notably â€Å"the Beast in the Cave†6821 Words   |  28 PagesBuena VistA university | A Theoretical Analysis of H.P. Lovecraft’s â€Å"Beast in the Cave† | Senior Seminar | | Cory J. Dahlstrom | 7/28/2012 | H.P. Lovecraft has been called â€Å"one of the best, worst authors of our century.† In the following paper, I will explore his earliest work, â€Å"The Beast in the Cave,† a story written when he was around fifteen years old. I will explore its meanings and context through the lenses of reader response, deconstructionism, new