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Published on January 29, 1845 ("Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven First Published...January 29, 1845"), American author Edgar Allan Poe’s enchanting poem “The Raven” is frequently cited as his most cherished work of all time. While exploring themes of psychological torment, death, and grief, this poem delineates an alluringly eerie atmosphere that unfolds around the appearance of a raven. Although the raven plays a significant role, the true focus of this story is the narrator and his remorse for his lost love, Lenore. Many believe the aforementioned raven is only a metaphor; however, I believe the raven is a real bird. I believe the raven did indeed make the noises the narrator hears outside his window, and that the bird does perch atop a statue …show more content…

He initially ignores these sounds and returns to his book, trying to distract himself from his grief. “Eagerly I wished the morrow; —vainly I had sought to borrow From my books a surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore —For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —Nameless here for evermore. ” ("Reading: The Raven") This gives us insight into the narrator's loss. While the narrator attempts to forget about Lenore, he cannot divert his attention, as he is now on edge and even the smallest things seem huge and terrifying to him. The sounds persist, eventually leading the narrator to open the door, “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, ‘Lenore?’”. This quote illustrates the narrator's vivid imagination and paranoia, revealing that even in situations that have nothing to do with Lenore, he expects her presence nonetheless. The narrator closes the door, and shortly after he hears something again, this time at his window lattice, which he opens, and a raven flies in. We already know that the narrator is in a deliriously weary state and preoccupied with Lenore when he lets the raven in. At first sight of the bird, the narrator …show more content…

Throughout the poem, the narrator is reckoning with the fact that death does not have prejudice, nor does it have intentions or reasons. Death occurs with complete indifference, much like the raven's response. While Poe effortlessly paints an uncanny atmosphere within a wonderfully bizarre tale, the real horror that this poem depicts is the human mind. Therefore, I believe the raven is real, and more importantly, I believe the raven is an afflatus to the narrator’s delusive imagination. Regardless of what your perspective is, however, everyone can connect to the underlying melancholic themes of this poem and truly appreciate this hauntingly beautiful piece of

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The Raven: A Delusional State of Mind In the short story “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe, the raven is very likely just a bird that flew into the window, but the narrator proves his delusional state of mind by quoting the raven nevermore. The narrator believes the raven is speaking to him because he is grieving over his lost wife Lenore, the bird is there and he describes it, and he demonstrates his delusional mind by suggesting that the bird has spoken to him. The narrator in this short story believes the raven is speaking to him because he is grieving over his lost Lenore.

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Edgar Allen Poe’s most popular poem “The Raven” follows an unnamed speaker trying to get over his grief for the lost “Lenore.” The poem starts with the speaker reading when suddenly he hears someone knocking on his door. In the first stanza, the speaker states,” Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. ”(Line 1). Then in the second stanza, the speaker states,” From my books a surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore.

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The raven could be a hallucination, and the voice of the raven could be him hearing voices. In the beginning of the story, it's said that the speaker was surprised that anyone would visit him, showing that he is socially isolated. Along with all that, we can see throughout the story that he is very paranoid. Almost all the symptoms fit and explain the madness of the speaker throughout the

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The first stanza of the Raven sets up the atmosphere for the rest of the poem. It takes place at midnight, on a dreary day. The narrator is nearly asleep, whilst pondering the stories they have read, when he hears a knock at the door. The narrator convinces himself that it is merely a visitor, and there’s nothing to be afraid of. The second stanza establishes the setting even more by describing the day as bleak, and in the month of December.

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Could the Raven represent something other than a simple Bird? Edgar Allan Poe, a man who has changed literature through his numerous pieces of writing, such as The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Fall of the House of Usher. In Edgar Allan Poe’s famous work, The Raven, the main character is confronted with a raven. The character speaks to the raven, thinking it couldn’t respond, but the raven did respond, but only speaking one word, “Nevermore” (Poe 331). In some cases of mental illnesses, one can experience hallucinations, hearing voices, paranoia, and even persecutory delusion.

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The narrator proceeds to believe that: “the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor,” showing how this bird’s mere presence is causing the narrator to go insane (ln 79-80). The narrator then starts to accuse the raven of being sent by God to help him forget Lenore, again adding to the suspicion that Poe wrote this poem about his

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“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe is a poem noted for its style, language, and mournful atmosphere. The poem was initially published in January of 1845 but lives on today due to its lingering effect. There are a variety of emotions, from the scenery to the dialogue. Poe uses many techniques throughout the poem that portray his mood and theme, including a few voltas, figurative language, and sound devices. These devices and style choices are only a few in “The Raven,” but they help provide the tone and lesson to the reader.

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Is the raven in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven real or imaginary? The Raven is one of the best known poems from Edgar Allan Poe but even though it is really good and very well known it is a little controversial because many people say that the raven from the poem is real, that the raven did fly inside the house and could speak but could only say "nevermore" but on the other hand some people say its just something in its head, that maybe because he just lost the love of his life he's kind of going crazy and seeing things that are not really there and he was still kind of asleep. First of all the poem "The Raven" is about a man that just lost the love of his life, Lenore. He is siting on a chair sleeping when he suddenly hears a sound on the window,

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I think that the raven in the poem represents the death of Lenore. In the beginning, Edgar Allen Poe thought about the loss of the women in his life. He stated “sorrow for the lost of Lenore”. As she was being brought up, the raven tapped at Edgar’s door. The raven represents evil and death.

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He opened the window and a raven flew in and perched on a bust of Pallas just above the door. When the narrator starts to ask the raven questions, it only responds with “Nevermore”. At first, he was fascinated by the raven but soon that fascination turns into irritation. He continues to ask the raven about his lost Lenore, and if he will ever see her again, but is heartbroken when the raven once again answers with “Nevermore.”

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“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe has a lot of different feels about it. The main idea of the story is about a man whose love of his life died and he believes is still alive. One key aspect is that Poe uses is a raven as a symbol to show him that she is gone also as a symbol of his grief, anger, sorrow, hope and a small sign of joy about the whole situation. The beginning of the poem he his sitting and reading and out of nowhere someone knocked on his door but while he was getting up to go get it he started thinking of Lenore the love of his life (“I had sought to borrow from my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore”line 9-10). When he goes to open the door, he opened the door to darkness and thought he heard the whisper of Lenore; so he whispers back “Lenore.”

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The Raven Review     “The Raven” written by Edgar Allan Poe is a very intriguing work of art. Edgar Allen Poe is a very interesting person and has very many magnificent pieces of literature. His writings also presented themself in a new, eerie, and cryptic way by incorporating symbols, meanings, and theories about these poem. Edgar Allan Poe 's choice of words is interesting, mysterious, and specific, and he also does a few things out of the ordinary. The meaning of Poe’s raven becomes apparent by looking at his life, symbolism of the actual raven in the poem, and the raven’s lingering presence.

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Is the Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous poem of the XIX century and has been always on the center of debate if the poem is real or imaginary. I've read it the poem several I times and it seems that the raven is real. I think that this is picture Of Edgar Allan Poe's imagination because if read Edgar Allan Poe's biography you will think that this mite influence Poe to write his poem. He maybe used this poem express his feels in that specific moment because he is passing through a lot at that moment that year his wife was passing through a lot of pain because she was suffering with tuberculosis and the year before in 1844 she was diagnosed with that illness and she is feeling very bad at moment in time.

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"The Raven" is a poem is one of the most famous compositions of Edgar Allan Poe published for the first time in 1845, gave him international recognition and for me is certainly an exceptional poem. I have read Poe since my early high school year and have being a lover of his work since. Here is a short analysis of his poem “The raven” and what I think of it. “The Raven” tells the mysterious visit of a raven to the House of a heartbroken lover that sadly mourns the loss of his beloved, named Leonor. The raven is not an allegory, or at least not an intentional allegory.

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The raven is considered a literary masterpiece created by non-other than Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven is a poem where the narrator is the main character. At the beginning of the narration our fellow character was trying to read while falling asleep. His actions were interrupted by a random noise (a taping on the door) which he didn't pay much attention at first. It is revealed shortly after the beginning that our dear narrator is trying to read as an outlet to forget the passing away of the love of his life, Lenore.

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