The Raven Essay -- Edgar Allen Poe

The Loss of a Loved MaidenIn The pig it by Edgar Allan Poe, one sees the internal torment of a man in mourning for the lost love of a maiden, named Lenore that has died. The narrator expresses a sea of emotions everywhere the vision of a raven haunting and taunting him.As the man sits in his chamber he only seems to notice the negativeness of his surroundings in a depressive state of mind over his lost. ..A midnight dreary, piece I pondered, weak and weary. He was, as many peck seem to be when they are depressed, in a lethargic and appease state nearly sleeping. He then was disturb by a tapping noise and slowly grew from slight excitement into fear and nervousness over the commotion. And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me- modify me with fantastic terrors never felt before. The narrator tried to rationalize the side into some coincidental incident of someone at his door yet, at that place was no one there. To this he plainly states, Deep into the darkness peering, yen I stood there wondering, fearing, only to perhaps start to question his sanity until he heard another noise. At this point in the numbers one may clearly see his very painful rail and state of mind as he wishfully whispers the word Lenore. The peripheral state between idealism and reality has blurred. As the narrator tensely turns to the window to explore the disturbance, there the reader meets the raven that has entered into the room and primed(p) him...