The Raven

What a masterpiece! Nevermore!

its a bird innit

*4.5

In The Raven, the symbolism is obvious. Poe himself meant the Raven to symbolize mournful, never-ending remembrance. Our narrator's sorrow for his lost love Lenore is the driving force behind his conversation with the Raven. The poem explores how grief can overcome a person's ability to live in the present and engage with society. Over the course of the poem, the speaker's inability to forget his lost love drives him to despair and madness. Reading this when I was young wasn’t as impactful as it is now. The narrator tries to get away from despair and human mortality, trying to pass away into a kind of forgetfulness. The poem shows many different stages of grief and how cyclical it is. Having gone through a lot of grieving myself through these past few years, I felt a connection with this poem and Poe himself in a way I never had before, which made this poem all the more impactful. I’m determined to read more poetry, not only to diversify my own reading, but also to connect with writers in a different way, in a way I had closed myself off to before. Poe did an excellent job at using his own grief to craft a poem with such a gloomy atmosphere. I finally understand why so many people connect with his work even all these years later.

eh

nevermore

Read at school

such beautiful writing ✍ 😍

"Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never—nevermore'." . Edgar Allan Poe, the sweetest, yet the most killing mortal.

I will never tire of this.

I’ve always enjoyed the rhythm of this poem.

Will write a review when I finish reading the Completed Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

*Read for class. I'm not a big fan of poetry, but this poem I very much enjoyed! Especially after the language Poe used in his the Fall of the House of Usher, which was confusing, this one was a delight. I actually had fun (maybe a weird term for such a dark poem) reading it.

Solo puedo decir que es genial.