ASSIGNMENT
The one poem that is shared in the story indicates Roderick’s fear of madness.
5. The poem “The Haunted Palace” is one that we could explore in detail, but the
meaning behind it is fairly simple.
a. What do the first four stanzas describe? List some of the pleasant images in
these stanzas (greenest of valleys, radiant palace, etc.). How do the “spirits”
move in stanza III?
b. What happens to the kingdom in stanzas V and VI? How do the “vast forms”
move now?
c. If the palace stands for the human mind, what does the poem mean?
