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The Raven Edagr Allen Poe (1809-1849) His writting themes: 1.death-predominant theme in poes writting 2.disintegration of life 3.horror and mystery A Glorified Crow A raven, which can be up to two feet long, is a type of crow. Ravens eat small animals, carrion, fruit, and seeds. They often appear in legend and literature as sinister omens.? It alawys stands for evil，ghost and something bad. A symbol of death background A man who has lost his beloved, a woman named Lenore. He is depressed, lonely,?? and possibly mentally unstable as a result of his?bereavement.? He was in deep sarrow in his wifes death. Setting The chamber of a house at midnight. Poe uses the word chamber rather than bedroom apparently because chamber has a dark and mysterious connotation.?? the aim is to create an atomosphere ---mysterious ,horrible ,gloomy Word Choice As in his short stories, Poe iscareful to use primarily words that contribute to the overall atmosphere and tone of the poem. These words include weary, dreary, bleak, dying, sorrow, sad, darkness, stillness, mystery, ebony, grave, stern, lonely, grim,ghastly, and gaunt.?? Sound And Rhythm The melancholy tone of The Raven relies as much on its musical sound and rhythmic pattern as on the meaning of the words. This pattern uses a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable,with a total of sixteensyllables in each line. Death in the poem 1.Especially when he asked whether he could meet his lost beloved in the heaven.With the repetition of the same word “Nevermore” 2.Everything is serene/dead except the tapping and swipper 3.the authors heart deeply fallen into sorrow The beauty in the pome When the tapping persists, he opens the shutter of the window and discovers a raven, which flies into the room and lands above the door on a bust of Athena (Pallas in the poem), the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. It says “Nevermore” to all his thoughts and longings. The raven,?a symbol of death, tell