Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering,
fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream
before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word,
"Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word,
"Lenore!"-
Merely this, and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore- Let
my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -
'Tis the wind and nothing more!"
Analyze the effects of Poe's use of literary devices in the poem. In particular,
how the excerpt's symbolism and personification are meant to affect the reader.
Provide evidence for your analysis from the text. (10 points)