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TITLE: The Raven
AUTHOR: Edgar Allan Poe
GENRE: Poem
SETTING: December midnight
POINT OF VIEW: First person
MAIN CHARACTER: Poet and The raven
MOOD: mysterious, melancholy, sadness, and suspense
LITERARY DEVICE: Alliteration, Assonance, Rhyme Scheme
SUMMARY:
"The Raven" is a suspense poem written by Edgar Allan Poe, one of North American’s greatest literary figures in the 19^th century. This poem talks about a man whose girlfriend "Lenore" died, he feels so sad and missed her very much. On a dark dreary December night, a strange thing happened. He is reading the book to forget his dead girlfriend. After a while, he feels so tired, then he has a nap. Suddenly, he hears the tapping at his chamber door, but when the man opens the door, he does not see anything except a whispered word "Lenore" coming from the darkness. Later on, he hears someone tapping at his door again. This time, he opens the door, he sees a raven enter and begin to sit regally on top of statue. The man feels strange, so he came up and asks the raven for the name. However, the raven only says "Nevermore", the man is confused but is not scared now. He asks the raven to leave, but the strange thing is the raven didn’t move and stays on the statue forever, and never leaves.