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The Raven Figurative Language Analysis

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“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.” This is just one quote of many, Poe’s creepy stories that he wrote in his lifetime. In Poe’s stories the narrator wanted to solve a problem, but he went about it the wrong way so, people die and the narrator got caught. In some of Poe’s short stories, the theme, not to let depression or grief make one to turn to alcohol, is shown throughout the conflict, figurative language, and setting. In “The Raven” a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, the theme is shown through conflict. The conflict was shown through person versus self. “On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before. Then the bird said,’Nevermore.’” This happening after the bird flew in the window. This quote proves the thesis, because the bird is saying that the grief will never leave the narrator’s heart, this is the start of when the grief starts to take him over. “Perched upon a bust of Pallas + just above my chamber door, perched, and sat, and nothing more.” This quote is following when the bird comes into the window and then he comes …show more content…

Here, I am using figurative language to show the theme. “Then the bird said,’Nevermore’” This quote used personification. This is after the bird has come into the chamber of the narrator and sits above the door, and the bird is saying “Nevermore” as to mean that the narrator’s grief will never go away. “And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming.” This quote is using a metaphor. This quote takes place after the bird flies into the chamber and sits above the door, and is ‘taunting’ the narrator. This quote proves the theme, because the bird’s eyes are like a demon, staring at the narrator, which is eventually going to cause him to turn to alcohol. These two quotes show how the theme is shown through figurative

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He continues on with figurative language up until line 19, giving the reader a vision of some mass of individual objects that one can only assume to be the birds. He ues diction again to describe how

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personification to demonstrate how the curtain is sad and how the rustling sound of it makes him feel depressed. The curtain obviously cannot be sad, this is just a representation of how he feels. Much like the physical setting, his emotional state of mind is dingy as well. He seems to be an emotional wreck. Poe makes the reference to the curtains making him feel terrors which he never felt before.

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The narrator asks for the Raven’s name, but the only answer he gets is “Nevermore”. As he continues to ask questions to it, he discovers that nevermore is the only thing the raven will say. The questions became more and more personal and filled with pain the further the poem progresses. Not getting any answers results in the narrator becoming more and more desperate and insane.

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The man states that he begins to smile at the bird almost like it takes away his sorrow even if only for a moment, yet the bird still kept his stern look. He realizes that it is a very well-known bird and also what it is known for. He asks the raven what its name is and it replies with nevermore. Stanza 9. He states that he is very surprised that this bird is in his room.

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Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven” is a narrative poem which addresses the themes of death and melancholy through the repeated line of the ominous visitor “the raven” saying, “Nevermore” and the bleak mood that prevails the poem. It consists of eighteen stanzas composed of six lines each. The repetition of the phrase “nevermore” at the end of each stanza emphasizes the narrator's despair. Also, this repetition is one of the reasons that drive him mad. Hearing this phrase, “nevermore” constantly, the narrator is finally on the brink of frenzy.

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