“死亡”作为一个永恒的主题,不厌其烦的被加以描述。其中美国著名诗人、小说家和文学评论家爱伦.坡(Edgar Allan Poe)以死亡为主题的作品对后来的文学思潮和许多作家的创作都产生过深刻影响。而中国中晚唐诗人李贺是以其奇诡的“鬼”诗称著于中国古代诗坛,将鬼魅与死亡这类丑陋的意象,幻化成别具一格的美感,并对生与死的问题进行了形而上的探讨,因而具有独特的审美价值和深沉的哲学意味。在本文中,作者对这两位诗人的诗歌主题进行比较,目的在于阐述两人在其死亡主题的创作原因,表现手法和对哲学意义的思考上有着惊人的相似,值得我们的注意。 “Death ” as an eternal theme, tirelessly be described. Among them, death-focused works by famous American poet, novelist and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe have had a profound impact on later literary trends and the writing of many writers. Li He, a poet in the middle and late Tang dynasties in China, refers to the strange poetic “ghost” poem in the ancient Chinese poetry circles. He turned the ugly images such as ghosts and death into unique beauty and the problem of life and death Metaphysical exploration, which has a unique aesthetic value and deep philosophical implications. In this article, the author compares the poetic themes of these two poets in order to illustrate that they have a striking resemblance to the reasons for their death, the way of expression, and the philosophical thinking that deserve our attention.