These thoughts exist and pass from the body, as one’s soul moves into the next realm. The first two lines start with “Now are.” The speaker is emphasizing how a departed soul is nothing more than memories. In the fourth stanza, the speaker uses alliteration and anaphora. The rhyme scheme of this stanza is AABBCCDD. In simpler terms, the speaker is expressing disapproval of humanity’s willingness to romanticize death. It brings “mortals” to “weariness” that clings to “thee for ever.” Instead, it is something that plagues humans throughout their lives. Hope is not something positive in the context of this poem. There, they disapprove of the way human beings perceive death. The speaker personifies the stars, describing them as not looking “down” from their “high thrones in heaven,” a place of power. The third stanza expresses the speaker’s interest in hope and the afterlife. The rhyme scheme of this stanza is ABABCC, with new end sounds. The speaker implores “you” to be “silent” in one’s solitude and truly appreciate the beauty of life and death. The subject is alone in life, but, in death, they will be surrounded by “the spirits of the dead.” Those who were with “thee” in life will be “before thee…again / In death.” The loneliness that’s highlighted in the first stanza is challenged in the second. This first stanza follows a rhyme scheme of AABB. There is no one there to “pry / Into thine hour of secrecy.” This makes it feel as though the subject’s time alone in the cemetery is incredibly important. “Your” soul is lost in through of the “gray tombstone,” or death. In the first stanza of this piece, the speaker begins by setting up a haunting image of “thee,” or “you,” standing in a graveyard. ’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone. For example, “But their red orbs, without beam, / To thy weariness shall seem.” Imagery: occurs when the poet uses particularly interesting descriptions.For example, the transition between lines one and two of the first stanza as well as lines two and three of the third stanza. Enjambment: can be seen when the poet cuts off a line before its natural stopping point.For example, “high” and “heaven” in line three of the third stanza.
Alliteration: can be seen when the poet repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words.Throughout this poem, the poet makes use of several literary devices. Different patterns are used throughout the remaining stanzas. For instance, the first stanza follows a rhyme scheme of AABB and the second stanza: CDCDEE. The poem contains numerous examples of rhyme as well.
There are lines that are quite well structured and others that are looser. This means that the poem does not follow a specific rhyme scheme. The first stanza has four lines, the second: six, the third: eight, the fourth: four, and the fifth: six. ‘Spirits of the Dead’ by Edgar Allan Poe is a five-stanza poem that is divided into sets of uneven lines. As the poem progresses, the speaker emphasizes the mysterious nature of death, warns against romanticizing it, and personifies nature. They make a point to contrast how “you” might be alone in life but in death “you” are going to be surrounded by spirits of the dead. The speaker describes how “you” are considering life and death and are entirely alone. The poem begins with the speaker describing how “you” are standing in a cemetery alone. ‘ Spirits of the Dead’ by Edgar Allan Poe describes death as the greatest of mysteries and something to be appreciated for its own beauties. 'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tombstone Readers who are familiar with Poe’s work will not be surprised by the subject matter in this short poem or find themselves struggling to relate it to Poe’s life. Each stanza follows its own rhyme scheme and uses numerous literary devices, like anaphora and imagery. That being said, it is quite musical in the ways that it does rhyme. The poem is five stanzas long and does not use a specific rhyme scheme.
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