"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845
. The poem is known for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere
. The story revolves around a distraught lover, often identified as a student, who is visited by a talking raven
. The raven, which symbolizes grief and never-ending remembrance
, seems to antagonize the protagonist with its constant repetition of the word "nevermore"
. The main themes of "The Raven" include:
- Undying devotion: The narrator experiences a perverse conflict between the desire to forget and the desire to remember
- Grief and loss: The poem represents the grief of losing a loved one and the struggle to overcome it
The poem consists of 18 stanzas and a total of 108 lines
. It has been widely analyzed, performed, and parodied, and has become one of the most well-known poems in the world
