The poem "The Raven" is a suspense poem by Edgar Allan Poe that talks about how a poet loses his love and feeling sad. Suddenly, something tapped on the door. When the poet opened the door, he saw nothing. A knock came again. There was a raven standing above his door, he asked for its name, it said "Nevermore." The poet told the raven to leave, but it remained above his door. The author of this poem--Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American author. Poe had a poor childhood life. His mother died when he as a baby, and he lost his wife very soon after they married. His works of literature were considered the greatest in North America during his age and now.
This poem really shows the stress in the author's life. The mood of this poem is sad, suspense and mysterious, almost like the poet himself. The poet used a dark and dreary night to make the mood more suspense and sadder. The poet used rhyme words to make readers mark this poetry in his or her mind. He used the rhyme AABCBB in every stanza to make the poem sound nice and add more meaning to the poem. Also, I love the assonance that he did in the poem. For example, "The rare and radiant maiden who the angels mane Lenore." The author stressed the vowel sounds of each word, making the poem sound nicer.
I love the way that the poet used the words like "nevermore", or "more" to making the poem understandable, and easier to remember. The poet created a beautiful story in the poem. Because the poet was sad when he wrote the poem in that hies love died, he created the mood of sadness that went deep into my heart while and after I read the poem. The poet's love of Lenore's death created the Raven in the story, I think that the Raven is Lenore, she came back to visit the poet, to see how he is, is he fine or not. I felt the suspense for the poet, too. When the tapping on the poet's door came, I was frightened for the poet that it might be a ghost because this is a suspense poem. Then, I thought the next tapping was made by the poet's dead love--Lenore. After all, I love this poem a lot, I consider this is a great poem.
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