What is 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe about?

Answer 1

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" (1845) is a poem centered around an unnamed narrator's journey into madness after realizing he will never forget his lost Lenore. Poe uses symbols such as a talking raven, a bust of Pallas, and the narrator's chamber to share the story while representing his narrator's struggle with grief.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 Lenore drives him to despair and madness.

The main themes of Edgar Allan Poe's narrative poem “The Raven” are devotion, loos, and lingering grief that cannot be diminished.

Answer 2

The Raven is about self torture due to the loss of love. The narrator has lost his lady love named Lenore and is in a fine melancholy about it. The Raven lands on the bust of Pallas above his door and commences to repeat the word Nevermore. The narrator asks the Raven increasingly dark questions knowing that the answer will always be nevermore therfore torturing himself by asking upseting questions and receiving upsetting answers. Self-torture.

It's about a guy who is really depressed because he has just lost his true love, Lenore. So this bird flies in through the window called The Raven, and the only word that this bird can say is "Nevermore". When the bird says "Nevermore" the guy assumes the bird is talking about his love with Lenore. So basically he thinks this bird is a prophet who is here to tell him about his love.

Answer 3

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is about suspense, and madness. The time of year this poem took place was in December , in the winter .