Poe was buried with his wife and the narrator lies down inside the grave and is speculated to live out his days in said grave. This is shown in the poem as “And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side/ Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,/ In her sepulchre there by the sea-/ In her tomb by the sea.(Poe 38-40) This quote shows us how he finds living without his wife to be unbearable and lays with her in her grave to be close to her again. This very closely resembles Poe's life due to his life spiraling out of control and him becoming a severe alcoholic. With this information one can infer that Poe very much missed his wife and simultaneously the narrator feels the same
Poe was buried with his wife and the narrator lies down inside the grave and is speculated to live out his days in said grave. This is shown in the poem as “And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side/ Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,/ In her sepulchre there by the sea-/ In her tomb by the sea.(Poe 38-40) This quote shows us how he finds living without his wife to be unbearable and lays with her in her grave to be close to her again. This very closely resembles Poe's life due to his life spiraling out of control and him becoming a severe alcoholic. With this information one can infer that Poe very much missed his wife and simultaneously the narrator feels the same