Prelude. Just before the battle, Grant had captured Jackson, Mississippi, and Pemberton retreated to the west. Attempts to stop the Union advance at Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge were unsuccessful.
The point of view is that of the first person. Poe decided to write 'The Tell-tale Heart' from the point of view of the young man that is living with the old man. Through this poem, the narrator tells us how he isn't mad or insane, but how it takes cunning to kill the old man he's living with.
Definition. The term point of view (POV) refers to who is telling a story, or who is narrating. The narrator of a story or novel can appear in three main ways: first person, second person and third person. If the narrator refers to him or herself as I or me, you'll know the story is being told from a first person POV.