Language

The language in “Hop-Frog” by Edgar Allan Poe is slightly complex, but it does not pose big difficulties in understanding the text. The text is very narrative and descriptive, focusing less on the action itself and more on details related to the setting and the characters’ appearance.

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Imagery and symbols

Most short stories create imagery through the use of descriptive words which form figures of speech such as epithets, metaphors, similes, symbols, etc. In Poe’s text, most imagery is related to the characters and the setting, the author employing multiple epithets to depict them.

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Other elements of imagery are the following:

• Similes
• Aphorisms
• Sensory details