The Mood Of The Raven

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“The Raven”, written by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem in which we can see how the death of his wife, Lenore has affected his state of mind. The Raven is a considered to be a gothic literature and dark romanticism, because the poem relates to terror and suspense and we can see that the setting takes places in a gloomy area where not a lot of ‘life’ is actually seen. The poem’s theme is that the death of someone can cause grievance within an individual which causes changes in the individual's mood and state of mind. The reader is able to see the theme through repetition, descriptive imagery and mood of the poem.

Through repetition the reader is able to see and hear the emphasis the speaker is trying to show to the reader. Throughout the poem the …show more content…

In the poem “The Raven”, Poe is able to use descriptive imagery and allow for the reader to see some of the scenes in the poem, for example “sitting lonely on the placid bust”. From this sentence the reader can see how the raven, which is the bird that is sitting by itself and not showing any emotions. Being able to see an image of the raven helps the reader to depict the setting of the story. If we were to read a stanza before, Poe describes the raven as a “bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door”, here Poe is able to tell the reader where the raven is in his household, which is above his door in his …show more content…

From the beginning the poem starts as if it was a fairy tale in a children's book because it starts with “Once upon…”, but continue to read one can see that it is not a fairy tale. In fact it is more of “scary tale”, because the poem starts off “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore…”. The first thing the reader is able to depict is the torachian octameter, which means it starts with an unstressed and then stressed syllable by having the emphasis of a word at the end, it creates the word to be heard and it helps to establish the dark and spooky mood of the

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