The Raven

In this intriguing poem, there is an element of fear and mystery. We talked about in class how the speaker is going through this inner struggle and he's searching for healing. He looks to a bird (the Raven) for the answers, and he munipulates the same answer into what he wants to hear. I didn't realize the word "nevermore" could mean so many different things! I like the part when the speaker is talking about how the bird must have come from an unhappy master. It states in the poem, "Caught form some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster / followed fast and followed faster--so, when Hope he would adjure..." The speaker, at first, seems to focus on the problems of the bird but then starts to think about his own. This poem really keeps one on the fence because you're unsure what is about to happen.