Edgar Allan Poe's-The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe’s- The Raven Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven,” is considered one of the best-known poems in America. In this particular poem, the narrator laments of the loss of his love, Lenore. The narrator is paranoid by small things, such as a knocking on his chamber door, and a raven at his window. While most people would dismiss these things for a coincidence, or a simple pest, the narrator is led to believe that these are a sign from his lost love. I believe that Edgar Allan Poe wrote this poem out of anguish and grief of how hard his life was. Poe’s thought process throughout the course of this poem is very dark, and to assume this is what his imagination led him to, did anything trigger such an idea? What was his inspiration for this
He was separated from his siblings, William and Rosalie, and went to live with a couple in Richmond, Virginia. The husband John Valentine Allan, was a successful tobacco salesman. Poe took better to the wife, Frances, because John encouraged Poe to follow the family business. Poe was already quite interested in poetry by the age of 13, and was not fond of the lack of support he was getting at home. Edgar’s life was far from easy, he was shuffled around from family to family, a great amount of people died around him, many of them, people he loved. He had a hard relationship with his foster father, who forced his ideas upon Poe. He was in the war, and was in poverty for a good amount of his life. He lost his first job as a critic, due to his aggressive reviews. Poe’s life just seemed to get harder and
He was a very harsh critic, biography.com describes him as a, “... cut-throat critic…” Poe had a reputation of being extremely aggressive in his reviews. He also had a very antagonistic personality, leading many people to dislike him. He ended up leaving in 1837. Alcohol could’ve also been a part of the reason he left. Which leads to being another stressor in his life. Furthermore, Poe seemed to have a good amount of anger inside him. Biography.com says, “... Poe found himself under attack for his stinging criticisms of fellow poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Poe claimed that Longfellow, a widely popular literary figure, was a plagiarist, which resulted in a backlash against Poe.” This happened just a year before Poe writes, The Raven. Which further proves that he was in a rough place mentally at the particular time. This is also included in the time that Virginia was getting severely sick. To conclude, Edgar Allan Poe’s, The Raven, was a sort of lament of his current life issues. This particular piece was in response to the death of his wife Virginia. Poe was in a rough state of mind at the time he wrote this poem, and he struggled with his health and finances soon after. Although Poe was struggling at the time, he was able to create an eligant poem that caught the eye of