In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, literary elements are conveyed to the audience as things such as fear and depression. As the speaker in the poem sits in his chamber at night reading to take his mind off of things he is greeted by a raven, he then realizes that he will never see his beloved Lenore again. The detail, structure, and imagery in the poem give a feeling of depression.
The structure of the poem includes very long sentences and a lot of dashes which gives the reader an exhausted feeling while reading. Having to read long sentences can make the reader out of breath which can be similar to the way a depressed and tired person feels. For example “Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,“Sir,” said I, “or …show more content…
“Once upon a midnight” (1) and “I remember is was in the bleak December” (7). December is known as being the time that things die or hibernate in the world and night represents the death of the day. In contrast the speaker talks of a woman named Lenore in which he describes as “ Rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore” (11). Lenore is shown to be someone very special to the speaker; therefore, it makes sense that the setting and atmosphere is depressing and dark. The raven taps on the door and the speaker goes to the door to see who was knocking but sees nothing but the darkness of the world outside of his chamber. “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;” (24-25). He stands at the door and he sees the world that he has to deal with without his precious …show more content…
As the poem progresses, it becomes darker as the speaker realizes what the blackbird is trying to tell him. When the raven enters the chamber through the window it lands on the bust of Pallas, goddess of Wisdom. “Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—”(41) The bust is placed above his chamber door, which is the door to the dark world and just like how the raven lands on the head, it represents all the thoughts he does not want to think about or realize. As the raven and the speaker continue to talk to each other the raven only says one thing, “Nevermore.” Eventually, the speaker starts to realize that the raven is forcing him to realize that he will never see Lenore again. “And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming” (105). This makes the speaker see the raven as a demon who has destroyed what sanity he had
The structure of the poem includes very long sentences and a lot of dashes which gives the reader an exhausted feeling while reading. Having to read long sentences can make the reader out of breath which can be similar to the way a depressed and tired person feels. For example “Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,“Sir,” said I, “or …show more content…
“Once upon a midnight” (1) and “I remember is was in the bleak December” (7). December is known as being the time that things die or hibernate in the world and night represents the death of the day. In contrast the speaker talks of a woman named Lenore in which he describes as “ Rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore” (11). Lenore is shown to be someone very special to the speaker; therefore, it makes sense that the setting and atmosphere is depressing and dark. The raven taps on the door and the speaker goes to the door to see who was knocking but sees nothing but the darkness of the world outside of his chamber. “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;” (24-25). He stands at the door and he sees the world that he has to deal with without his precious …show more content…
As the poem progresses, it becomes darker as the speaker realizes what the blackbird is trying to tell him. When the raven enters the chamber through the window it lands on the bust of Pallas, goddess of Wisdom. “Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—”(41) The bust is placed above his chamber door, which is the door to the dark world and just like how the raven lands on the head, it represents all the thoughts he does not want to think about or realize. As the raven and the speaker continue to talk to each other the raven only says one thing, “Nevermore.” Eventually, the speaker starts to realize that the raven is forcing him to realize that he will never see Lenore again. “And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming” (105). This makes the speaker see the raven as a demon who has destroyed what sanity he had