The poem, “Annabel Lee,” by Edgar Allan Poe was published October 9th, 1849. This poem by the famed Edgar Allan Poe discusses the love that the author has for a woman, although she dies the love that they’d felt for each other was so potent that everyone, including angels, were jealous. The short story, “The Masque of the Red Death,” was published in May of 1842. The passage symbolizes the Plague as the “Red Death” which comes very quickly and kills numerous people, just as the Plague did. The texts by Poe are contrasting with dissimilar messages. “Annabel Lee” implies a tone of adoration, whereas “The Masque of the Red Death” signifies death and somber. Furthermore, the contrast between the texts begins when Poe states in “The Masque of the Red Death,” “But in the western or black chamber the effect… set foot within its precincts at all.”(Poe, 374) Poe characterizes the room as frightening which sets a dismal tone. In contrast, stanza 1 of “Annabel Lee” Poe states, “And this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me.” (Poe, Stanza 1) This quote from the passage sets an affectionate tone. The texts contradict each other due to their varying tones. …show more content…
However, in Paragraph 7 of “The Masque of the Red Death” the tone becomes pleasant when Poe states, “There were much glare and glitter and piquancy and phantasm—much of what has been since seen in Hernani.”(Poe, 375) The beauty and variety of the other rooms had amazed the guest creating a genial tone. Although, “The Masque of the Red Death” generally has a somber tone, some excerpts of it imply a tone similar to that of “Annabel