The Raven Poem Mood

For a man who was truly in love, life without that person isn’t always easy. So, in the poem “The Raven” that is what happens. A little bird comes and interrupts a man’s sorrow of his lost. And when the man asks questions he replies “Nevermore.” So, this essay will discuss what the reply “Nevermore.” means, how the tone and mood of the poem changes, and why does “Nevermore.” enrage the narrator. When the narrator ask questions directed to the Raven and the Raven replies “Nevermore.”, it has different meanings each time. The first time it appears the narrator says “Tell me what thy lordly name is…” (Line #47) Basically asking him to tell him what his name is and the Raven says “Nevermore”. Meaning no. The third time it …show more content…
The first five times “Nevermore.” appears, it pretty much means the same thing. The bird is really just saying “no!” Then, the narrator turns mad. He is asking the Raven will Lenore, his deceased love, ever sit in the chair again. Now, “Nevermore.” means “never again”. Now, that is really making him mad, being that the narrator wants to but, can’t forget Lenore. At the end of the poem the narrator is demanding that the Raven leave his loneliness unbroken. That is why he says, “Leave my loneliness unbroken!” (Line 100) Once again, the Raven replies “Nevermore.” and that really angers the narrator. The fact that Lenore will never going to be with him again, makes him mad. In the beginning of the poem, the narrator says “From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore…” (Line #10) This quote shows that the loss is becoming unbearable for him. In stanza fourteen, the narrator says, “Respite - Respite, and nepenthe from the memories of Lenore…” (Line #82) Nepenthe means a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow (Webster’s Dictionary). So, he asking the Raven to remove the memories of Lenore from his mind. The bird replies