Lenore Exposed In The Raven By Edgar Allen Poe

In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe, the raven is real, however the narrator imagines that the bird will give him a sense of hope and comfort even though he is only a bird. While grieving over the death of his love, Lenore, the narrator starts to worry about who is at his chamber door. When he discovers a Raven he begins to feel less lonely. The speaker continues to contribute to his misery by asking the Raven questions about his lost love, Lenore which makes it difficult for him to let her go. After meeting the raven, the narrator, sort of lost his sense of reality and depended on a bird for to give him happiness again. We are first introduced to the setting in the story which is dark and dreary night in December. The narrator is grieving over the death of his love, Lenore, when suddenly, he is interrupted by a visitor tapping at his …show more content…
He had asked the raven if he was ever going to reunite with his love, Lenore, “Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if within the distant Aidenn. It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore” (Poe 3). The speaker is desperately looking for answers from a bird. He hopes to one day meet with his lost love Lenore again. However,the only word that the Raven ever responded with was “Nevermore,” (Poe 3) which didn’t satisfy the narrator. He only grew more frustrated with the raven, although he was the one depending on a bird to to give him a sense of hope and comfort. The narrator had demanded the raven to leave, “Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door” (Poe 3)! The narrator becomes angry with the raven even though it’s not the bird’s fault that Lenore and the narrator may never reunite