Alcoholism In Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe's poems are mostly about death and sadness as well as losing the ones he loved; because he had dealt with so much death in his life to write about, and he shows that in his poems. Poe does say something in his poem 'The Raven' that is linked to his alcoholism where he tells his character (himself) to "quaff" which means to drink. What the poem means by "quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore" refers to his alcoholism, by drinking so much 'potion' (alcohol) to forget his late wife Lenore ( Virginia) that just passed away. And the raven is a form of symbolism telling his character (Poe) that his wife is never coming back home, and he needs to realize that she's never coming back from the dead. Poe's life has continued to be affected by

Furthermore, his wife died from tuberculosis, and genetically, his alcoholism gets worst. Poe starts writing about death, regret, and lost love. As you and I know this for one of his most famous poems 'The Raven'. 'The Raven' was about how a guy lost his loved one and how he started drinking more to forget about Lenore(Poe's late wife) and the meaning behind "And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. "Eagerly I wished the morrow" in modern-day words help set the mood in his poems and helps us feel the death and dark events throughout the poem almost as if we were there. Lenore's character which is said to be represented for Virginia, Poe's departed spouse, and the protagonist seemed to be Poe. The way the raven is a form of symbolism; is because ravens are often associated with death because of their black color and eating habits although the symbolism in this poem is how the raven is a talking bird and represents the main character's unending grief for the loss of Lenore. Poe has dealt with a lot of death first it was his dad afterward his