The quest for happiness is probably one of the more depressing themes throughout the poem. She feels as though her “faith be broken” and her “heart be broken” for she feels so dejected and ascribable that she cannot be with the one she loves. The Bride loses her dreams and hopes and is forced into reality.
The Bride is heartbroken for she cannot be with her beloved and is about to belong to someone else. Loss is another theme that is presented in the Bridal Ballad. Unfortunately, reality sets in and she comes to terms with the truth: her loved one is dead and is not coming back. She remembers him on her wedding day and when her groom “breathed his vow” she thought the voice sounded like “his who fell / In… Battle”.įor one bizarre and gut-wrenching moment, the bride imagines that she is marrying her lover and that he “is happy now”. It becomes known that the bride had a previous lover, who had died in battle. Love also makes an appearance in the poem. She had to accept, for he was wealthy and could give her and her family a luxurious and easy lifestyle, all she had to do was say ‘yes’ and in doing so, forget the one she loved. The marriage feels forced, or arranged, like as if the bride did not have much choice in the matter. She is marrying a wealthy lord who can give her “satin and Jewels” and he is content, but not really happy. To be fair, the whole poem is about marriage and the emotions a particular bride goes through, throughout her wedding day. Marriage is one of the main themes in the Bridal Ballad. The poem is one of the few works by Edgar Allan Poe to be written in the perspective of a woman, specifically a recently married bride who has lost her true love. The stanzas, as well as rhyming and other techniques, construct a natural flow and rhythm for the poem and emphasis the bride’s emotional distress.
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