Poe was also a pioneer in the use of sound effects used to induce feelings in the reader.... Poe also apparently believed that some sort of rhythmic, cyclical s

Poe was also a pioneer in the use of sound effects used to induce feelings in the reader.... Poe also apparently believed that some sort of rhythmic, cyclical sound was involved in the afterlife...that sound occurred several times in circumstances that were linked in his works to the afterlife. (from my senior thesis)