His voice is weak and they wish him to sing something sadder. In contrast, the mourners do not believe that the speaker should sing the songs he is singing. He believes that their actions dishonor her. They mourn over her departure, crying and weeping unnecessarily. The speaker takes the reader to the side of the body. He does not yet know whether a solemn or joyous song will be sung. The poem begins with the speaker trying to figure out how the “burial rites” are going to be read for the death of someone he loves. Gothics often played with point of view and consciousness… probably why this woman keeps on thinking the man she’s marrying is someone else.Īs for the Merchant of Venice soundtrack, it’s beautiful! If there’s one thing I love more than my current study of English and British Lit (yes, I specialise in the Romantic and Gothic eras), it’s singing… which is what made me discover this poem in the fist place.‘A Pæan’ by Edgar Allan Poe describes the feelings experienced by a husband as he views his dead wife and his desire to sing a “pæan” rather than a “requiem.” Women were seen as a more “mystic” influence at this time (see Lady of Shallot) which may be why he chose it, or to have a clearer distinction from the narrator and the author.

And if you can write a better poem, I look forward to seeing your works in the anthologies I’ll be reading.Īs for it being a Poe poem, I liked the change of perspective, too. Maybe it’s because I’m both a woman AND English(well, raised in America, born British) but I don’t think it’s half bad. Not nearly half of the people who have read Shakespeare and know what play “The Winter of Our Discontent” comes from would know T.S. However, that does not mean they are not at the same level.

Just don’t go making comparisons with Shakespeare and anyone else.

While this is not necessarily a paramount of … God, you don’t want to hear this anyhow. They are considered in the top most influential poets in the past century.

Auden? (one of the gems and poet laureates of Britain) Or Seamus Heaney? (another laureate and translator of the most current, most popular Beowulf). Well, the reason why William Hunkledore is not very well acclaimed may be due to the fact that he’s only published in about… NONE of the anthologies that I know of.ĭo you know W.H.

Bridal ballad edgar allan poe