Evening Star

Evening Star

by Edgar Allan Poe

Evening Star is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe that explores the themes of love, loss, and death. The poem is set in a dark and desolate landscape, where the speaker mourns the loss of his beloved. The speaker's grief is so intense that he feels as if he is being consumed by the darkness. However, the poem ends on a note of hope, as the speaker finds solace in the beauty of the evening star.

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Poe and his works influenced literature around the world, as well as specialized fields such as cosmology and cryptography. He and his work appear throughout popular culture in literature, music, film...

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