From Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”, ““Wretch,” I cried, “thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee / Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; / Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”” (81- 83). explains that the narrator is asking for a break from his agony, his sorrow for the loss of his loved Lenore by asking for numbing medication to give him a chance to relax and not have to think about all that is going on with himself anymore. This is important due to the fact that now it is known that what is troubling the narrator isn’t only the great grief he has it’s something more. Saying that the speaker is merely grief stricken would be an understatement to his whole character. Even though grief is a very powerful emotion the speaker of the poem was hiding something more, something darker inside of him that kept him from revealing the whole truth of his lost love. Although I don’t believe the narrator simply killed Lenore, I do believe some of his actions may have ultimately lead to her death. For example, not giving her enough attention and in turn making her kill herself from the sadness of not being noticed by him, or him not going with here someplace that would prevent her death had he been there like a dangerous alleyway or a dark street at
From Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”, ““Wretch,” I cried, “thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee / Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore; / Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!”” (81- 83). explains that the narrator is asking for a break from his agony, his sorrow for the loss of his loved Lenore by asking for numbing medication to give him a chance to relax and not have to think about all that is going on with himself anymore. This is important due to the fact that now it is known that what is troubling the narrator isn’t only the great grief he has it’s something more. Saying that the speaker is merely grief stricken would be an understatement to his whole character. Even though grief is a very powerful emotion the speaker of the poem was hiding something more, something darker inside of him that kept him from revealing the whole truth of his lost love. Although I don’t believe the narrator simply killed Lenore, I do believe some of his actions may have ultimately lead to her death. For example, not giving her enough attention and in turn making her kill herself from the sadness of not being noticed by him, or him not going with here someplace that would prevent her death had he been there like a dangerous alleyway or a dark street at