The Haunted Palace Themes
Happiness
When "The Haunted Palace" starts out, everything is awesome. The valley is green, the air is "sweet" and "gentle" (and it even smells good). There's just a sort of joyful feeling everywhere, and th...
Sadness
About two-thirds of the way through "The Haunted Palace" (at the beginning of the fifth stanza), things take a nasty turn. Everything that was bright and cheerful and uplifting suddenly turns dark...
Memory and The Past
The majority of "The Haunted Palace" (four out of six stanzas) is about the way that the palace used to be. So in a way, this poem is more about the past, about the palace that people remember, tha...
The Supernatural
For starters, keep in mind that this poem is called "The Haunted Palace." So there's a spooky, ghost-like atmosphere around this work from the very start. As we continue, we meet more and more of t...
Madness
On the surface, "The Haunted Palace" is a poem about a palace, and the terrible things that happen to it as time goes by. Below the surface though, the features of this palace match up with the fea...