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Memory and the Past
The big, exciting turn in "Ulalume" is all about remembering, about bringing the past painfully back to life. The poem plays with ideas of forgetfulness and amnesia. Sometimes forgetting seems like an accident; other times it looks more like a desire, an act of self-defense to escape from painful memories. Memory and the past are dangerous, and forgetting is a way to escape. Only for a while, though…
The repetitive elements of the poem's structure create a feeling of dreamy forgetfulness that reinforces the themes of grief and memory loss.
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