Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer from Boston, Massachusetts who, thanks to his poem, “The Raven”, became one of the most popular poets in the world. (Bloom 47) Some of his most famous poems include “To Helen”, “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Raven”. Poe mastered the use of diction and tone to give the reader a sense of the grief he felt when he wrote his poems. (Dhahir 1) This was the main reason for the success of his poem “The Raven”. In his poem, “The Raven”, Edgar Allan Poe uses alliteration, personification and refrain to portray the raven as a symbol of grief and express his longing for Lenore. “The Raven” is a poem about a man who is in his room and he is thinking about his lover named Lenore who will never come back to him.
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Poe uses refrain very frequently throughout “The Raven” and it proved successful. For instance, the raven repeats all throughout the poem one word which is “nevermore” (Resources 1). The purpose behind the repetitive outburst from the bird is to show how Poe’s longing for Lenore is so bothersome that he cannot get away from it. The bird continuously throughout his thoughts screeches the one word, “nevermore”, and it serves to torment the speaker and show his despair. Secondly, Poe repeats the phrase “lost Lenore” (Resources 1) multiple times throughout the poem. He uses this phrase to express to the reader how much he misses his lover, Lenore. He continues to repeat her name because she meant so much to him and I think that is what Edgar Allan Poe was trying to get across to the reader of his poem when he used this refrain (Napierkowski 203). All of these examples of refrain from the poem were strategically used by Poe to make his poem more interesting for the readers and to make it easier for the reader to understand and relate to the pain and grief that he was experiencing at the time that he wrote the
Poe uses refrain very frequently throughout “The Raven” and it proved successful. For instance, the raven repeats all throughout the poem one word which is “nevermore” (Resources 1). The purpose behind the repetitive outburst from the bird is to show how Poe’s longing for Lenore is so bothersome that he cannot get away from it. The bird continuously throughout his thoughts screeches the one word, “nevermore”, and it serves to torment the speaker and show his despair. Secondly, Poe repeats the phrase “lost Lenore” (Resources 1) multiple times throughout the poem. He uses this phrase to express to the reader how much he misses his lover, Lenore. He continues to repeat her name because she meant so much to him and I think that is what Edgar Allan Poe was trying to get across to the reader of his poem when he used this refrain (Napierkowski 203). All of these examples of refrain from the poem were strategically used by Poe to make his poem more interesting for the readers and to make it easier for the reader to understand and relate to the pain and grief that he was experiencing at the time that he wrote the