埃德加·爱伦·坡是美国十九世纪著名的诗人,小说家及评论家。被誉为恐怖小说的先驱,科幻小说大师及侦探小说的始祖。其擅长使用动物意象的隐喻含义来表达他对生活的独特见解和对人类的独特思考。本文旨在通过对其短篇小说《梅岑格施泰因》从隐喻的角度进行分析,帮助我们更好地理解并研究坡的作品。 Edgar Allan Poe is a famous 19th-century poet, novelist and critic in the United States. Hailed as a pioneer of horror fiction, master of science fiction and detective story ancestor. He is good at using metaphorical meanings of animal images to express his unique views on life and his unique thinking on human beings. The purpose of this article is to help us better understand and study Poe’s work by analyzing his short story Metzentein from a metaphorical point of view.