<P> "The Haunted Palace" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe . The 48 - line poem was first released in the April 1839 issue of Nathan Brooks' American Museum magazine . It was eventually incorporated into "The Fall of the House of Usher" as a song written by Roderick Usher . </P> <P> The poem serves as an allegory about a king "in the olden time long ago" who is afraid of evil forces that threaten him and his palace, foreshadowing impending doom . As part of "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe said, "I mean to imply a mind haunted by phantoms--a disordered brain" referring to Roderick Usher . </P> <P> The poem takes a marked change in tone towards the second to last stanza . After discussing the wit and wisdom of the king, and song and beauty in the kingdom: </P>

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