Edgar Allan Poe
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This graph shows the trend of the term death as it appears over time in our selected stories. It shows a dramatic drop over the course of his writing, starting from a very high point in our first story, Ligeia, and dropping to no direct mention in The Raven. This is not to say his future stories didn't include death, in fact the opposite is often true, but he instead lessened his direct use of the word, opting for more complex metaphors. | This graph shows the trend of the term death as it appears over time in our selected stories. It shows a dramatic drop over the course of his writing, starting from a very high point in our first story, Ligeia, and dropping to no direct mention in The Raven. This is not to say his future stories didn't include death, in fact the opposite is often true, but he instead lessened his direct use of the word, opting for more complex metaphors. | ||
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<iframe style='width: 600px; height: 600px' src='//voyant-tools.org/?query=dark*&query=gloom*&query=ghastly*&withDistributions=raw&bins=18&corpus=5c56bf494e2316349898c81f884dcb2c&view=Trends'></iframe> | <iframe style='width: 600px; height: 600px' src='//voyant-tools.org/?query=dark*&query=gloom*&query=ghastly*&withDistributions=raw&bins=18&corpus=5c56bf494e2316349898c81f884dcb2c&view=Trends'></iframe> | ||
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This graph shows another interesting style trend, this time in his environmental descriptions. The first few stories, in particular Fall of the House of Usher, make strong use of dark imagery, such as ghastly, gloom, and, of course, dark (and their related derivates e.g. gloomy, darkness). Again, while later stories are not necessarily less dark, it shows a change in his wording. | This graph shows another interesting style trend, this time in his environmental descriptions. The first few stories, in particular Fall of the House of Usher, make strong use of dark imagery, such as ghastly, gloom, and, of course, dark (and their related derivates e.g. gloomy, darkness). Again, while later stories are not necessarily less dark, it shows a change in his wording. | ||
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<iframe style='width: 600px; height: 600px' src='//voyant-tools.org/?query=raven*&query=cat*&bins=6&corpus=5c56bf494e2316349898c81f884dcb2c&view=Trends'></iframe> | <iframe style='width: 600px; height: 600px' src='//voyant-tools.org/?query=raven*&query=cat*&bins=6&corpus=5c56bf494e2316349898c81f884dcb2c&view=Trends'></iframe> | ||
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Animals feature in a few of Poe's works, most notably The Black Cat and The Raven. These both peak towards the center of our selected works. | Animals feature in a few of Poe's works, most notably The Black Cat and The Raven. These both peak towards the center of our selected works. | ||
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