nd Poets). In one of hisphilosophical poems, The Chambered Nautilus, in the last line he writes, Leavingthine outgrown shell by lifes unresting sea! (Holmes 35). Edgar Allen Poes poemstold of solitary individuals witnessing lonely visions from the grave (VanSpanckeren,The Romantic Period: Fiction) . One of his best known poems, The Raven, thehaunted, sleepless narrator, who had been mourning the death of his lost Lenore atmidnight, is visited by a raven that perches above his door and ominously repeats thepoems famous refrain, nevermore (VanSpanckeren, The Romantic Period: Fiction).The poem ends with in a frozen scene of death-in-life:And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted -- nevermore! (Poe 103-08)Realism can be defined as the faithful representation of reality or verisimilitude(Campbell, American Realism). Realism is practiced by many schools of writing, itdenotes a particular kind of subject matter, especially representation of middle class life(Campbell, American Realism). Campbell states that a reaction against romanticism,an interest in scientific method, the systematizing of the study of documentary history,and the influence of rational philosophy all effected the rise of realism. One of theprinciples of realism are insistence upon and defense of the experienced commonplace(Reuben). Another principle of realism that the character is more important than theplot (Reuben). Some realism techniques are that the setting is familiar to the writer, theplot emphasizes the norm of daily experience, ordinary characters are studied in depth,and it is a world truly reported (Reuben). Some styles of realism were frontier humor and realism, local...
