Poe themes by Jamie Smith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j Made with panache en-us 2017-04-04 16:18:12 UTC 2017-04-10 22:06:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/4090441/6abdc088000f599b11f8de2d945eb1e5/poe.jpeg Themes for "The Bells" jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164688500 2017-04-04 17:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164688500 Text Evidence to support "The Bells" theme. jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164688721 Include intro and explanation. ]]> 2017-04-04 17:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164688721 Poe describes the joy one feels in childhood by saying, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!" (1). For many children, before anything too serious, dangerous, or depressing enters their lives, their primary focus is on the having fun and being joyful. jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164689284 2017-04-04 17:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164689284 Life can very easily go from joyful to surreal in an instant. https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164865029 2017-04-05 13:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164865029 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164865165 Events can go from happy to sad in a flash of an eye]]> 2017-04-05 13:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164865165 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164871019 Death is inevitable; it happens over time.]]> 2017-04-05 13:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164871019 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164872245 That many things in life are merry, but it can turn into something fearful in time.]]> 2017-04-05 13:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164872245 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164875631 Poe describes the fear of a person when he says, "How they scream out their affright!"(1). Many feel that life is dangerous, when they are in the middle of a fearful situation or living a life they can't bring together, trying to make it better.]]> 2017-04-05 13:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164875631 Text Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164876028 Poe describes the fear one fears by saying, "Hear the loud alarum bells- Brazen Bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright!" (1) People are scared of the things that they can not control. ]]> 2017-04-05 13:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164876028 Poe begins his poem with joyfulness by saying,"What a world of merriment their melody foretells!" (1) and ends it in surrealism by saying, "What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!" (1). https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164876030 Many start life full of joy and hopes but end it full of regret and sadness.]]> 2017-04-05 13:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164876030 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164877898 Poe goes from being happy to very dark. In the 2nd stanza he says "What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!" (1). In the last stanza he says "what a world of solemn thought their monody compels!" (1).]]> 2017-04-05 13:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164877898 Theme alyxandriaschiltz18 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164885943 When life brightens up, it will always reach back to darkness.]]> 2017-04-05 14:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164885943 Poe starts the poem about the bells by showing “What a world of happiness their harmony foretells” (Poe II). He is revealing the innocence and bright future the bells hold with every ring. alyxandriaschiltz18 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164888863 Poe ends the poem about the bells by explaining “How we shiver with affright, at the melancholy menace of their tone” (Poe IV). He shows how something that can start out innocent can quickly shift to evil. You can feel a sense of death around you, instead of surrounding happiness and warmth.]]> 2017-04-05 14:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164888863 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164890498 A change in a person's life can affect their emotions, mood, and outlook.]]> 2017-04-05 14:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164890498 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164890890 Death is inevitable and should be accepted.]]> 2017-04-05 14:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164890890 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164890947 By saying “all the heavens, seem to twinkle” (Poe 2), it tells of heaven and twinkling. These words alone bring up happy and cheerful feelings, and their meaning and symbolism brings up happy visuals, as well. The silver bells symbolize the Christmas-time, which made me think of experiencing Christmas as a child.]]> 2017-04-05 14:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164890947 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891471 In stanza II, Poe mentions how the bells tell, “of the rapture that impels,” (Poe) which indicates the end of time.]]> 2017-04-05 14:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891471 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891576 Even the purest of relationships can become tainted and fall apart.]]> 2017-04-05 14:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891576 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891686 “The Bells” finishes with defeat and negativity when it says, “What a world of solemn thought their melancholy compels!” (Poe 4). The poem got over the scary and now it is in the land after that where there is no hope and the ghouls have taken over. ]]> 2017-04-05 14:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891686 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891937 A different, new experience that is light and positive can sometimes turn to oppression and darkness.]]> 2017-04-05 14:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164891937 Evidance https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164893564
“What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!”  (Poe)     This is when his wife died and he fell into a depression his life tainted by this ever so traumatic event that had happened to his wife that now had been taken from him. His life would never be pure again.


]]> 2017-04-05 14:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/164893564 Themes for "The Raven" jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006304 2017-04-05 21:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006304 Text Evidence to support theme of "The Raven." jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006326 Include intro and explanation. ]]> 2017-04-05 21:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006326 jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006431  After the raven has begun his torment of the narrator, the narrator ponders, “‘Other friends have flown before-/On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before’” (Poe). This suggests the narrator has been consumed by thoughts of past “friends,” most likely Lenore, who have left him. Personifying Hope, and associating it with flying like a raven, indicates all hope in his life is gone. He’s hoping the raven will leave him as Hope has. 

]]> 2017-04-05 21:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006431 jamiesmith https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006545 Dwelling on loss and grief can cause one’s own mental anguish.]]> 2017-04-05 21:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165006545 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165024385 Because something can carry a tone of happiness, doesn’t mean that it will not have a scary and frightening side to it.]]> 2017-04-06 00:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165024385 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165024837 2017-04-06 00:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165024837 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165136792 Things that bring happiness can also bring great strife.]]> 2017-04-06 13:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165136792 Raven Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165150851 Many are very close to madness.]]> 2017-04-06 14:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165150851 After hearing tapping upon his chamber door, the narrator describes, "-here I opened wide the door;-Darkness there, and nothing more" (Poe 2). https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165151549 This shows that he made up the rapping upon his chamber door and that is a sign of insanity.]]> 2017-04-06 14:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165151549 Themes for Raven https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165151567 2017-04-06 14:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165151567 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165151743 Grief never leaves.]]> 2017-04-06 14:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165151743 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165152020 Ravens are a symbol of grief. "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."]]> 2017-04-06 14:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165152020 Unforgiving fate can take over the mind https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165153445 2017-04-06 14:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165153445 While the narrator is asking for his mind to be restful he says, "Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"(Poe 4). The narrator wants freedom from Lenore's death. https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165153616 2017-04-06 14:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165153616 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165154882 Losing the light in life with the lost of mind.]]> 2017-04-06 14:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165154882 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165187420 Untreated grief can erode sanity.]]> 2017-04-06 16:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165187420 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165187441 Misery can consume a persons life if allowed. ]]> 2017-04-06 16:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165187441 Theme for The Raven https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165187694 Overwhelming grief can lead to insanity or madness.]]> 2017-04-06 16:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165187694 Evidence for The Raven https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188070 When the main character is alone, he starts hearing things and finally hears, "an echo [murmuring] back the word, 'Lenore!'" (Poe 2). This shows that the main character is hearing the name of his dead fiance whispered to him because he is so grieved by her death.]]> 2017-04-06 16:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188070 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188134 If one does not handle grief properly, it can cause one to go insane. ]]> 2017-04-06 16:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188134 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188155 Not dealing with grief can be unhealthy.]]> 2017-04-06 16:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188155 https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188240 When Poe writes, "respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore!", it shows how unbearable his grief is. He would rather drink a potion to make all of his worries disappear than to cope with his sorrow.]]> 2017-04-06 16:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188240 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188339 Poe demonstrates how grief can take control by saying, ¨ I was napping and so gently you came rapping, and so faintly you came tapping¨(Poe 4).  He does not know who is tapping at his door, but he states it in a way that makes it seem as though he is waiting for his dead wife. ]]> 2017-04-06 16:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188339 Theme For the Raven https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188356 If a person is not careful, evil can intrude on one's life in many different forms.]]> 2017-04-06 16:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188356 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188585 After the main character found out he was never going to be able to see his wife again he told the raven to "Get thee back into the tempest and Night's Plutonian Shore" (Poe 17). This shows that the main character is crazy and doesn't know how to handle grief. ]]> 2017-04-06 16:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188585 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188673 Everybody has demons so to speak. Some people are just better at reining them in.]]> 2017-04-06 16:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165188673 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165189477 As the speaker opens the window, "open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter." The raven flew in the window and it symbolized evil.]]> 2017-04-06 16:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165189477 Theme https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165189975 Isolating oneself and ignoring one's grief can be tormenting.

]]> 2017-04-06 16:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165189975 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165242653 "Take thy beak from my heart, and take your frame from the bust on my door!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."]]> 2017-04-06 18:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165242653 Theme for the raven https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165578591 Facing grief, doesn't feel real until you make it.]]> 2017-04-09 21:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165578591 Evidence https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165578763 " Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before."( Poe 2). Poe is starting to stare into the darkness , and dream about Lenore, which makes him start to freak out, because he misses her so much.]]> 2017-04-09 21:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiesmith/6725o3v4e35j/wish/165578763