Comparing Ralph Waldo Emerson And Edgar Allan Poe

It is a writer’s job to clarify ideas, employ allegories or other scholarly devices, and convince their audience of a belief. However, not all writers share the same perspective or poetic hypotheses. According to David D. Anderson, “Both Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edgar Allan Poe have left essays in which they attempted to make articulate their philosophies of poetic composition”(471). Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American savant that drove the transcendentalist development. He is responsible for writing "The American Scholar" and "The Poet." In his address, "The American Scholar," Emerson states that the time has come to make another American social character. He supposes it is time for the United States and American culture to break free from European impact.

In order to succeed in writing poetry and breaking free from ideals, one must become an individual. This thought is passed on in Emersons acclaimed work, "Self Reliance.” “Self Reliance” is about avoiding conformity and trusting impulses. Edgar Allan Poe, an American poet, wrote “Annabel Lee” in which the ballad's storyteller depicts his affection for Annabel Lee, which started numerous years back in a "kingdom by the ocean". Poe also wrote “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Both of these stories are mysterious and contain comparable points of interest. Despite the fact that Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edgar Allan Poe bear minor likenesses, the contrasts between the two can be seen through their convictions, social conditions, and utilization of various