Comment on this part of the blog on what you believe the meaning of the Raven to be and what influence you think Poe's life had on him writing the poem.
The poem, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, is lamenting the loss of a love, Lenore. The tapping at the chamber door can be taken literally but it is almost certainly a physical representation of the character's lingering love for 'Lenore.’ The writer illustrates the character's yearning desire for his lost love to appear even though there is no-one at the door, “long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." The character's imagination and memories continue to haunt him culminating in the appearance of "the Raven." At this point in his life Poe had left university and also the army, had experienced trouble selling his poems and was still in financial difficulty. The poem indicates that it was about a young, educated man who was trying to find escape from the memories of lost love in his books. This is similar to Poe's own life who had experienced loss of family and of finances. 'The Raven' utters only the words "nevermore" and seems to denote a symbol of ill-fortune for the young man in the poem. This could represent Poe's own trend for misfortune and his fear that he would never succeed. Poe had also left behind his family and his home and was not overly liked by his guardian. These are all factors which possibly caused Poe to write of conflicting desire to forget and remember and to be haunted by those memories of things lost but not forgotten.
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is about Poe's past life, his lost love Lenore, his abondonment by his family and his foster family. The tapping at the door can be taken not only literally, but as a representation of a feeling or memory of his lost Lenore that keeps coming back whenever he is emotionally ungaurded. When poe says 'other friends have flown before- on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before' this sentence can symbolise how all of his family, friends and loves have left him, and now he expects nothing more. The words Poe uses and the context of which he uses them in links together his real life educated self and the seemingly educated person in the poem. poe depicts his love Lenore as being an Angel, he firstly believes that it is Lenore that is knocking at his door, then he thinks that the raven is a repreentation of Lenore, or perhaps a messenger for her. the raven speaks, which is highly un-natural, the only word it speaks is "nevermore" this could represent how he once had everything, but now he doesn't, much like in Poe's real life, he had a family and friends, a job and money, but then it 'suddenly' dissapeared and he was left with nothing. Throughout the entire poem the person is obviosly very scared at what may await for him at the door, however he tries to reassure himself, when he does open the door and sees nothng but darkness, he whispers Lenore and states that he is dreaming of something no other mortal had dared to dream before, this could quite possibly mean that Lenore is dead or has died and now he wants to believe that she is coming back to him in the form of a ghost, this could relate to the death of his mother and foster mother. In short the Poem is about a scared man who is grieving over his lost and possibly dead Lenore, he wants to believe that the tapping is safe, however he is forced to accpet that it is not, it is full of self reassurence and painful memories that the man cannot escape.
Edgar Allen Poe lead a hard life, his childhood wasn’t easy; he had no money, went to the army, and was a struggling writer. Poe was used to heartache, and had lost most of the people he loved, possibly ‘Lenore’ was a way to show how his family ‘other friends have flown before’ had been taken away ‘nevermore’. The raven represents death, despair and heartache; the narrator is obviously worried about the death of Lenore. He knew it was coming, and his life is now empty without her. He wished to believe ‘tis the wind and nothing more’, the raven was misleading turning his 'sad face into smiling' showing how hard it is to believe death is coming. The poem shows how one never forgets the loss of a loved one ‘distinctly I remember’ and the narrator conveys in great depth how you keep in mind all the small details.
well...he repeated himslef often. he was frustrated by the bird only saying "Nevermore"....the bird was a raven...who knows why he was talking to a bird...the man was a little bit strange...and it made me confused when he whispered lenore...wierdo...
iwell.. i understood that he was talking to a bird, the bird only said evermore and he tried to rhyme every word he could think of with evermore example. making up a name like Lenore just to rhyme with evermore. He didnt really like the bird? it was scaring him at first then it came in to his room and sat inside. it didnt say much? because birds dont usually say much??. He was distressed with the bird, the bird was kinda creepy he thought it might of been a devil or something? i think the chick he was talking aboiut lenore was like an agel or soemthing? I think he was in love with lenore and she died or something, like he murdered her and then she came back as a raiven and all she could say was evermore because it rhymed with her name and she was a copy bird you nkow how some birds copy what people say and stuff? well thats what the bird was trying to say but most birds cant say the letter L so it was saying evermore instead of lenore. I think he was lonely and he was a bit on the scotch thats why he was all wobbly with his words and it didnt make that much sense to me?. anyway P-diddy out!!!!! yewwwwww
well.. he liked the word evermore, he also had a convosation with a bird so maybe he was a little bit weird.. he really didn't like this bird called 'raven' because it could talk and it only said evermore and he also was in love with lenore but he was talking himself.. and thats it soo.. FREAKAZOID..
Edgar Allan Poe's poem, The Raven, expresses the hardship, pain, and love that Poe had gone through during his life. with the sight of the black raven, which signifies death and tragedy, Poe expresses fear on what it could signify, he appears to be frustrated yet frightened with the repetion of 'Nevermore' from the Raven.
the person was realy frustrated by the raven(crow) always saying nevermore. the person probably went insane at some point because he was talking to a bird
The story of Poe's life is fraught with hardships. He lost his mother at a young age, and never had enough money. Because of the way his life turned out, that was, in turn, the way that The Raven was shaped.
The story begins with a lonely man, tired and frail with time. He remembers those who have passed away, and in particular that of Lenore, who could have been his wife. Lenore could have been symbolic as a girlfriend of Edgar's who could have died, or his mother, who had died when he was young, as I have already stated.
When he opens the door, the Raven comes inside. The Raven could be symbolic for death, or a dark sorrow, that could never be healed nor lifted.
The man, now entranced by the raven, talks to it, and is amazed and impressed that the bird has the ability to speak, although it is somewhat limited, as it can only say "Nevermore". This would be symbolic, because if the raven is considered as a personification of death, then it would describe the finality of death, and how it can never be avoided forever.
The two have a rather one-sided conversation. The man becomes infuriated by the raven's response. Despite his best attempts, he cannot get the raven to leave.
okay well. now i believe that edgar allen poe was a loner he was writing about the loss he felt, everyone in his life that was important to him had passed away, rejected him or left. he was nothing in a world of everything. the raven symbolised people trying to get in to his life, his foster father wanted edgar back in his life but edgar wanted nothing of it, he pushed everyone that got close to him away. he wanted to be a loner and he wanted to be independent because he had no social skills and was just BIG FAT LONER! P-diddy out yewwwwwwwwwww
this man was crazy.. but you can understand why because he has no family, no money, no life skills NOTHING.. so he was a loser.. and the only thing he could do was write stupid stuff about stupid birds because thats the only studpid thing he knew about.. he was a stupid, stupid, stupid man..
its abit more clearer after the thrid time of lisening to it. it is also very repeditive. he also gose mad and he started to hear stuff. he also lost his family at the age of about two, was adopeted and that is how he got his name edgar allan poe
The poem, The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, is lamenting the loss of a love, Lenore. The tapping at the chamber door can be taken literally but it is almost certainly a physical representation of the character's lingering love for 'Lenore.’ The writer illustrates the character's yearning desire for his lost love to appear even though there is no-one at the door, “long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before." The character's imagination and memories continue to haunt him culminating in the appearance of "the Raven."
ReplyDeleteAt this point in his life Poe had left university and also the army, had experienced trouble selling his poems and was still in financial difficulty. The poem indicates that it was about a young, educated man who was trying to find escape from the memories of lost love in his books. This is similar to Poe's own life who had experienced loss of family and of finances.
'The Raven' utters only the words "nevermore" and seems to denote a symbol of ill-fortune for the young man in the poem. This could represent Poe's own trend for misfortune and his fear that he would never succeed.
Poe had also left behind his family and his home and was not overly liked by his guardian. These are all factors which possibly caused Poe to write of conflicting desire to forget and remember and to be haunted by those memories of things lost but not forgotten.
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is about Poe's past life, his lost love Lenore, his abondonment by his family and his foster family. The tapping at the door can be taken not only literally, but as a representation of a feeling or memory of his lost Lenore that keeps coming back whenever he is emotionally ungaurded. When poe says 'other friends have flown before- on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before' this sentence can symbolise how all of his family, friends and loves have left him, and now he expects nothing more. The words Poe uses and the context of which he uses them in links together his real life educated self and the seemingly educated person in the poem. poe depicts his love Lenore as being an Angel, he firstly believes that it is Lenore that is knocking at his door, then he thinks that the raven is a repreentation of Lenore, or perhaps a messenger for her. the raven speaks, which is highly un-natural, the only word it speaks is "nevermore" this could represent how he once had everything, but now he doesn't, much like in Poe's real life, he had a family and friends, a job and money, but then it 'suddenly' dissapeared and he was left with nothing.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the entire poem the person is obviosly very scared at what may await for him at the door, however he tries to reassure himself, when he does open the door and sees nothng but darkness, he whispers Lenore and states that he is dreaming of something no other mortal had dared to dream before, this could quite possibly mean that Lenore is dead or has died and now he wants to believe that she is coming back to him in the form of a ghost, this could relate to the death of his mother and foster mother. In short the Poem is about a scared man who is grieving over his lost and possibly dead Lenore, he wants to believe that the tapping is safe, however he is forced to accpet that it is not, it is full of self reassurence and painful memories that the man cannot escape.
Edgar Allen Poe lead a hard life, his childhood wasn’t easy; he had no money, went to the army, and was a struggling writer. Poe was used to heartache, and had lost most of the people he loved, possibly ‘Lenore’ was a way to show how his family ‘other friends have flown before’ had been taken away ‘nevermore’. The raven represents death, despair and heartache; the narrator is obviously worried about the death of Lenore. He knew it was coming, and his life is now empty without her. He wished to believe ‘tis the wind and nothing more’, the raven was misleading turning his 'sad face into smiling' showing how hard it is to believe death is coming. The poem shows how one never forgets the loss of a loved one ‘distinctly I remember’ and the narrator conveys in great depth how you keep in mind all the small details.
ReplyDeletesome weard person talking to himself
ReplyDeletewell...he repeated himslef often.
ReplyDeletehe was frustrated by the bird only saying "Nevermore"....the bird was a raven...who knows why he was talking to a bird...the man was a little bit strange...and it made me confused when he whispered lenore...wierdo...
iwell.. i understood that he was talking to a bird, the bird only said evermore and he tried to rhyme every word he could think of with evermore example. making up a name like Lenore just to rhyme with evermore.
ReplyDeleteHe didnt really like the bird? it was scaring him at first then it came in to his room and sat inside. it didnt say much? because birds dont usually say much??.
He was distressed with the bird, the bird was kinda creepy he thought it might of been a devil or something? i think the chick he was talking aboiut lenore was like an agel or soemthing? I think he was in love with lenore and she died or something, like he murdered her and then she came back as a raiven and all she could say was evermore because it rhymed with her name and she was a copy bird you nkow how some birds copy what people say and stuff? well thats what the bird was trying to say but most birds cant say the letter L so it was saying evermore instead of lenore.
I think he was lonely and he was a bit on the scotch thats why he was all wobbly with his words and it didnt make that much sense to me?. anyway P-diddy out!!!!! yewwwwww
well.. he liked the word evermore, he also had a convosation with a bird so maybe he was a little bit weird.. he really didn't like this bird called 'raven' because it could talk and it only said evermore and he also was in love with lenore but he was talking himself.. and thats it soo.. FREAKAZOID..
ReplyDeleteThere was a young chap who was lonely and that's all i no so catchya.
ReplyDeleteEdgar Allan Poe's poem, The Raven, expresses the hardship, pain, and love that Poe had gone through during his life. with the sight of the black raven, which signifies death and tragedy, Poe expresses fear on what it could signify, he appears to be frustrated yet frightened with the repetion of 'Nevermore' from the Raven.
ReplyDeletethe person must of been very angry so they have to talk to the bird. always repeting words like nevermore etc..
ReplyDeletethe person was realy frustrated by the raven(crow) always saying nevermore. the person probably went insane at some point because he was talking to a bird
ReplyDeleteThe story of Poe's life is fraught with hardships. He lost his mother at a young age, and never had enough money. Because of the way his life turned out, that was, in turn, the way that The Raven was shaped.
ReplyDeleteThe story begins with a lonely man, tired and frail with time. He remembers those who have passed away, and in particular that of Lenore, who could have been his wife. Lenore could have been symbolic as a girlfriend of Edgar's who could have died, or his mother, who had died when he was young, as I have already stated.
When he opens the door, the Raven comes inside. The Raven could be symbolic for death, or a dark sorrow, that could never be healed nor lifted.
The man, now entranced by the raven, talks to it, and is amazed and impressed that the bird has the ability to speak, although it is somewhat limited, as it can only say "Nevermore". This would be symbolic, because if the raven is considered as a personification of death, then it would describe the finality of death, and how it can never be avoided forever.
The two have a rather one-sided conversation. The man becomes infuriated by the raven's response. Despite his best attempts, he cannot get the raven to leave.
okay well.
ReplyDeletenow i believe that edgar allen poe was a loner he was writing about the loss he felt, everyone in his life that was important to him had passed away, rejected him or left. he was nothing in a world of everything. the raven symbolised people trying to get in to his life, his foster father wanted edgar back in his life but edgar wanted nothing of it, he pushed everyone that got close to him away. he wanted to be a loner and he wanted to be independent because he had no social skills and was just BIG FAT LONER!
P-diddy out yewwwwwwwwwww
this man was crazy.. but you can understand why because he has no family, no money, no life skills NOTHING.. so he was a loser..
ReplyDeleteand the only thing he could do was write stupid stuff about stupid birds because thats the only studpid thing he knew about.. he was a stupid, stupid, stupid man..
it was about a bird and some bloke was a loner and yeh thats a bout it. and he wrote a poem of some sort.
ReplyDeletepeace out.
it is about a bird and some bloke that dosent no whats going on
ReplyDeleteit was queer
ReplyDeletepeace im out
p-diddy says- he suffers from LOSSSS!
ReplyDeleteoh p-diddy out yewwwwwwww
ReplyDeleteits abit more clearer after the thrid time of lisening to it. it is also very repeditive. he also gose mad and he started to hear stuff. he also lost his family at the age of about two, was adopeted and that is how he got his name edgar allan poe
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