Symbolism Depicted In The Poem The Raven

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In "The Raven" the Raven symbolizes,when you want something or someone back so much but when you get something back just as similar you realize it's not what you thought. For example, in the poem, "But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling". Saying that he was happy to see the Raven reminding him if his own made him happy he had some one with him. In the poem, "Leave my loneliness unbroken!-quit the bust above my door!" says that he's tried of his company and want it to leave immediately. This paragraph just explains that sometimes it's better just to get over things and not to worry so much about it or you'll get something that will try to be similar and end up hating

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