Spirits of the dead by Edgar Allen Poe is a compilation of 5 small verses or stanzas to make one whole poem. The title is self explanatory in that it is about lost souls or spirits of the dead. Each stanza takes you through another setting of the lost souls Poe is referring to. How they live, where they live, what they are doing and even their purpose. It is very deep and thinkative poem.
It starts off with the funeral at the cemetery they are being laid to rest at. The soul staring down at its grave, not to be apart of the crowd but alone. It travels on knowing that it does not belong there any more. It travels far and joins the rest of the souls to walk amongst the ea
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