`The Raven` by Edgar Allen Poe

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THE RAVEN

by Edgar Allan Poe Poem Articulation

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is basically a poem of sorrow in losing a lost love . As depicted in the main character and narrator of the poem the man - which is in a first person perspective - evokes a sense of loneliness as he spends his time reading old books in his room where he retracts himself from society and continuing to stay up late until midnight . He is then interrupted by a tapping on the door which as he opens

, he instinctively expects his departed loved one - `Lenore ' - to return but as he whisper into the darkness her name , all he could hear is an echo of his own voice . As he returns to what he was doing before he hears another tapping but this time on his windowpane . As he opens the window he finds a Raven which steps inside his room and perches itself on a sculpture of Pallas . The man talks and asks for the Ravens name and surprisingly the Raven croaks one word - Nevermore . The man thinks that the bird has been taught to utter the word by someone else who is in misery . The man expects the bird to leave before the evening is over but the Raven once again says Nevermore . The man being amused in what he is hearing pulled close and sat on a chair - which was where Lenore usually sat and forced the man to reminisce her once more Expecting the same answer from the Raven over and over again , the man still insists on asking questions such as Does Gilead have balm ' and Can I find Lenore in paradise ' and telling the Raven to Leave out into the door . The Raven never missed to say Nevermore ' into each of what the man has stated . Finally , the man accepts the conversation as nonsense and thus realizes that just like what the Raven is implying from its spoken word and the figure it casts on his room : Nevermore can he lift his soul from the sadness he is feeling upon losing Lenore he will continue still to long for her presence and find no peace Poem Language and Symbolism Effect

The poet has chosen specific words to make the mood of the poem to be `dark ' and full of `grief . The raven itself is a symbolism of bad omen ' and as he personifies it as being the creature that utters the word Nevermore ' adds the effect of more interest than letting it being stated by a normal person . Moreover , the statue of Pallas - where the bird has been placed - symbolizes wisdom and thus shows that the Raven may have something important to say . There is a hint of lost sanity in the main character as he talks ' to the Raven . The terms midnight ' and December ' shows a sense of something to end or has already ended and inserts more blackness into the color of the environment . The room of the man...