How Is Edgar Allan Poe's Life Reflected In The Raven
Poe had a very depressing life. His parents left him, he was a drunk, and he struggled to keep a job. But, how does this relate to one of his most renowned poems, “The Raven”. Well, at the time when he wrote the poem he was married, so we can conclude that maybe he was scared to lose his wife. Also, he could have been paranoid/ superstations, due to the eerie presents of the raven, or he could have just been drunk while writing the poem. At the time of the poem Poe’s wife was ill and he could have just been thinking of the worst, which only happened three years later. He was probably thinking of how depressed his life would have been if she died. In stanza two he states “… sorrow the lost Lenore- for the rare and radiant maiden whom the
angles name Lenore- nameless here for evermore.” This is showing the he will be saddened by the death of his wife as the angles take her away. This is Poe’s way of thinking, after his beloved wife dies. Throughout the poem the narrator is spooked by this “evil” raven. The raven gives him false hope in stanza five when he says the name Lenore. This could stem from people around him telling him that his wife will overcome this sickness and will recover. But, unlike the narrator he does not feed into the hope but instead prepares for the worst. In stanza fourteen, the narrator asks the raven for a drink of an ancient drug so he can forget his sorrows of Lenore. Maybe the narrator before the raven came was trying to drink his sorrows away and it just was not working. Same can be said for Poe, he was known for drinking, due to his wife’s illness he could have tried to drink his problems away. Also, the author could have been drunk and only thought that the bird was talking. Poe wrote very depressing stories mainly about heartbroken men and their dead wife’s. “The Raven” is no different. Weather he wrote it by chance or that was about him after his wife dies. This is still one of his best and darkest poems and forgotten it will be, nevermore.
angles name Lenore- nameless here for evermore.” This is showing the he will be saddened by the death of his wife as the angles take her away. This is Poe’s way of thinking, after his beloved wife dies. Throughout the poem the narrator is spooked by this “evil” raven. The raven gives him false hope in stanza five when he says the name Lenore. This could stem from people around him telling him that his wife will overcome this sickness and will recover. But, unlike the narrator he does not feed into the hope but instead prepares for the worst. In stanza fourteen, the narrator asks the raven for a drink of an ancient drug so he can forget his sorrows of Lenore. Maybe the narrator before the raven came was trying to drink his sorrows away and it just was not working. Same can be said for Poe, he was known for drinking, due to his wife’s illness he could have tried to drink his problems away. Also, the author could have been drunk and only thought that the bird was talking. Poe wrote very depressing stories mainly about heartbroken men and their dead wife’s. “The Raven” is no different. Weather he wrote it by chance or that was about him after his wife dies. This is still one of his best and darkest poems and forgotten it will be, nevermore.