Allusions to Homer's Odyssey
The narrator of "Morella" refers twice to the musical quality of Morella's voice and once to the musical quality of his daughter's voice:
Paragraph 3: "And then, hour after hour, would I linger by her (Morella's) side, and dwell upon the music of her voice. . . ."
Paragraph 5: "I could no longer bear the touch of her wan fingers, nor the low tone of her (Morella's) musical language. . . ."
Paragraph 18: "In the sad musical tones of her (his daughter's) speech . . . .