Edgar Allan Poe's Poem, The Raven

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The poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1845, described a story of a man, who lost his most dear and loving, suffer the pain, in lonely desperation, and frustrated late at night with a raven encounter. Mournful tone of apprehension from irreversible despair, as the raven cries of "Nevermore." and deepened, until desperation to be added to the final.
“Nevermore.” were repeated a total of 11 times in the poem, and it is the only discourse of the raven. "Nevermore." not only is the raven’s name, but also is its answer to author's every inquiry. The raven’s answer sounds give an irrelevant answer but feel very suitable the scene at that time. This is a ridiculous dialogue, but reflects the value of life: life is just like a raven said, once gone will “Nevermore”.
A December night,
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The raven is very clever. When I was a child, I have heard the story of “the raven drinks the water”. The raven puts some stones into a small bottle of water and wait for water to come up, so it can drink the water.
Of course, some of the habits of ravens are worth people, especially people in the workplace, to use for reference. Such as their spirit of solidarity. When they face of danger, they echo each other; they disregard the individual's gains and losses for the common good. This kind of team spirit has been just a lot of people lack.
Although the negative image of the raven in China, he was loved by the people in many other countries. Some people treat it as a divine bird. In fact, raven is an ordinary bird; it can not represent the good and bad; everything is related to people's mentality. Whether Raven is good or bad, what kind of attitude to look at it, is the most important. Therefore, we should control our own feelings by ourselves. If you hear the sound of a raven in the morning, do not feel bad luck; understand its habits, you can adjust your attitude and positive to face

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