“To Helen” By Edgar Allen Poe Is A Letter Written As A Poem

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Term Paper Title	“To Helen” By Edgar Allen Poe Is A Letter Written As A Poem
# of Words	289
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.16

“To Helen” by Edgar Allen Poe is a letter written as a poem
to the mythical person, Helen of Troy. She was believed to
be the most beautiful person in Ancient Greece. Poe
describes her beauty by using metaphors and rhymes to
give the reader a clear perception of Helen’s beauty.
In the first stanza Poe uses the sea to describe her
beauty. “That gently, o’er a perfumed sea, The weary,
way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore.”(line 3)
This representation displays the fact that her beauty makes
him feel as though he were at home. He feels comforted like
some one who has been lost at sea for a long time and
finally finds his way back to his homeland.
The second stanza symbolizes the features of the
fictitious woman that the author very much enjoys. He
describes her face as a timeless masterpiece, her hair
flowing like the sea, her glory, and her magnificence.
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