Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Happiest Day", is about what use to be and not of what would be. Poe talks about what his hapiest day was in the past. It is easy to realize this when he uses the words "But they have vanish'd long, alas!" in one of his lines in his poem (Poe 6). I would definately classify this poem as a dark romanicism because it is obvious in the first read through of the poem. The words "hath flown" or "have been" were used in this poem to signify that the happiness was in the past (Poe 4 and 16). I picked this poem thinking that it was going to be a light and cheery poem until I remembered that Poe wrote in the dark romanicism period and that everything has kind of a gloomy haze on everything. Most of Poe's poem titles make the poems themselves sound appealing and have great potential for a cheery and happy poem, but once you read all of the poems you realize that is not the case. I feel that if Poe would have wrote in a diferent time period his poems would have been enjoyed and been more appealing to a greater number and vast variety of people, but on the same note if he had written in a different time period I think that he would not be as popular because he wouldnt be known for something. Poe's poems are known for their gloomy effect they have on themselves and the dullness that they bring upon their readers. That is one of Poe's trademarks, which to some is an exciting thing that makes them enjoy his poems and love his works, but to me it is more of a negative outlook on life and I dont enjoy reading them. It makes me get in a gloomy mood and I dont like that. I like being a cheery person and being able to be in a happy mood most of the time. When we read the poem by Poe in class I didn't enjoy reading it and it was hard for me to concentrate because of the boringness it was to me. This boringness was because of the darkness of the poem. I feel that Dark romanicism is an important thing to some people but it also isnt very important to some of us others. I will read these poems in class since they are assignments but I dont plan on reading them outside of class. What I want to find is some sort of reading materrial we talk about in class that I enjoy and want to read on my own outside of class for enjoyment and entertainment. So far that hasn't happened because it is hard for me to find books that are appealing but I hope I can find one in the near future.
"Edgar Allan Poe: "The Happiest Day"" Poetry Lovers' Page. Web. 18 Jan. 2012.
Zimmerman, Brett. "Frantic Forensic Oratory: Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"" Facts on File. 2001. Web. 2012.
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