Poetpenned
"" in 1849, referring to the poem (which was most likely inspired by his deceased
wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe) as a ballad; despite this claim, the iconic poem is not a
ballad, although it contains the same melancholic tone that is characteristic of
ballads.
The poem consists of six stanzas with varying numbers of
lines:
The first two stanzas contain six lines
each.The third stanza contains eight lines.
The fourth
stanza contains six lines.The fifth stanza contains seven lines.
The sixth stanza contains eight lines.
The
poem also has a varying rhyme...
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