The Raven Analysis

The Raven was a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe in the early 1800s and is considered one of the most famous pieces of Dark Romanticism. Several critics and pundits have analyzed this work and picked it apart to discover it's meaning and the symbolism and other similar cogs and gears that move the poem and give it such a wallop. One such analysis of the poem describes it as "Many readers who prefer sunshine to the weird lights with which Mr. Poe fills his sky, may be dull to its beauty, but it is none the less a great triumph of imagination and art (Digital)." This description puts so much praise into this poem and rightfully so, because the poem is viewed as a classic and one of Poe's greatest works. The analysis goes into great depth of the rhythm, the writing style and the masterful atmosphere Poe paints and can so vividly place his reader in. The analysis focuses on all of these aspects and masterfully regards Poe's beautiful writing style and his skill as a poet. The writing style is one of the main focuses of the analysis and the author goes into detail about the rhyme scheme and how Poe used it to enchant the reader and meld them into the dark and atmospheric world he painted and left a lasting impression on them with his masterful use of the scheme that most people will not even realize. His use of Nevermore haunts the reader long after they have finished reading his brilliant and dark poem. Another aspect that the analysis analyzes is artistic nature of the poem and how Poe's masterful writing style makes it so congruous and artful. Through his use of language he transposes his simple literary poem into a masterful work of art that is analyzed in schools to this day and left a lasting impression on the world, cementing itself as perhaps his magnum opus and the cornerstone of Dark Romanticism. The rhythm of the poem transports the reader to the realm of Poe and puts them right there with the narrator and the raven to feel the same pain and haunting demeanor of the narrator as he feels trapped and hopeless against this demonic raven who crushes his hope and dreams of being with his love for once more. As the author says "The rhythm of this poem is exquisite, its phraseology is in the highest degree musical and apt, the tone of the whole is wonderfully sustained and appropriate to the subject, which, full as it is of a wild and tender melancholy, is admirably well chosen (Digital)." This quote demonstrates the dedicated nature of the author to the small details that Poe put into his work and their dedicated analysis and appreciation of the rhyme scheme and Poe's subtle use of rhyme and the English language demonstrate the core mechanics of their analysis of the poem. This analysis did and excellent job of picking apart The Raven and showcased the authors excellent skill of analysis.