ur hold. The Erl King has seized me- his grasp is so cold. The urgency in the young boys voice lets you know what a frightful thing is taking place. He yearns for his father to realize what was happening, adding urgency to the mood of the poem. As the Erl King is whispering into the boys ear, you can only pray that he will be safe in the arms of his father, as they together travel through Germanys Black Forest in the dark of the night.The eerie, suspenseful mood well created in this poem is unmistakable. The author has created a mood so that anyone that reads the poem will become aware of it. Word after word, Johann exceeds his boundaries of dramatic irony, until the final curtain closes of the young boys untimely death. ...
