Poes The Raven Essay -- Edgar Allen Poe

RavenDuring a cold, dark flush in December, a man is attempting to find some solace from the retrospection of his lost love, Lenore, by reading volumes of forgotten lore. As he is approximately overcome by slumber, a wiretap comes at his doorsill. Having first believed the knock to be only a result of his dreaming, he finally opens the door apologetically, but is greeted only by darkness. A thrill of half-wonder, half-fear overcomes the utterer system, and as he peers into the deep darkness, he can only say the word Lenore. Upon finale the door, another knock is immediately heard from the chambers window. The narrator throws open the shutter and window, and in steps a large, beautiful raven, which immediately posts itself on the wear out of Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, above the entrance of the room. Amused by the animal, the speaker asks it its name, to which the gentlewoman replies Nevermore. Believing Nevermore to be the ravens name, the narrators curiosit y is piqued, but the speaker believes the name to have little relevancy to his question, for he had neer onward heard of any man or beast called by that name. Although the bird is peaceful, the narrator mutters to himself that it, like all other blessings of his life, will soon take leave him. Again the bird replies Nevermore. Intrigued, the speaker pulls a chair up at once before the bird to more readily direct his attention on the wondrous beast, and to figure out the meaning of the birds single monotonous reply. eon in contemplation in the chair, the speakers mind turns to Lenore, and how her frame will never again bless the chair in which he now reposes. shortly overcome with grief, the persona believes that the raven is a godsend, intended to deliver him from his ang... ... end, and he made sure that no preceding stanza would surpass this in tripping effect. Poe then worked backwards from this stanza and used the word Nevermore in legion(predicate) different ways, so t hat even with the repetition of this word, it would not prove to be monotonous. Poe builds the tension in this poem up, stanza by stanza, but after the climaxing stanza he tears the whole thing down, and lets the narrator know that there is no meaning in searching for a moral in the ravens never again. The Raven is established as a symbol for the narrators Mournful and undying remembrance. And my soul from out that shadow, that lies floating on the floor, shall be lifted - never again Works CitedPoe, Edgar Allen. The Raven. McQuade, 1688-91. Poe Edgar Allen. The Philosophy of Composition. McQuade 1671-79.