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Mistrust In The Hound Depicted In Francis's The Raven

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The speaker of the poem expresses his mistrust in the hound that he was describing. Since he doesn’t know what to expect in life, Francis expressed his perspective of the questionable animal. He talked about how the dog decided to harm him, “Till he has sprung at my bare hand with teeth or tongue.” The language selected is just as sincere as the issue that is present. The choice of the words illustrates that the hound can hurt a person. It doesn’t matter if the dog already know you or not. For example, if the dog was to be unfriendly it would use teeth, but if it was kind to the owner every day and decides one day to spring to the owner's bare hand with its tongue. Explaining that no matter the circumstances that a person will go through painful
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