What is the poem the raven about?
The Raven is a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. It first starts off by an uknown narrator reading his old books and he is thinking of his lost love Lenore. He then hears something at his door and he is enthused and he finds nobody there. As he goes back in a Raven flies into his chamber and all it repeates is ‘nevermore.’ It is then interesting to notice that the narrator knows what the shall be and yet he keeps asking questions. Eventually it ends with the narrator asking if Lenore is in Heaven and if she is alright and the raven says, ‘nevermore.’ The raven symbolizes death, wisdom or knowledge also because it lands on the ‘Pallas’ of his chamber door. His chamber represents his heart, and by the Raven being above it, it speaks truth and is blocking his escape from getting over his misery over the loss of Lenore.
