 Ultimately, some individuals felt the need to invent mechanisms within coffins which may alert those around it of life within it; these are oftentimes referred to as a safety coffin.As a result, Poe was not the only one preoccupied with premature interment.Although Poe explicitly expressed this concern in "The Premature Burial", he rather implicitly but, nonetheless, conveyed this in "Loss of Breath" with the premature burial of not only Mr. Lackobreath but also Mr. Windenough.