Research Paper On The Raven
Chad Welcher
Mrs. Roper
March 11, 2017
Raven Essay Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor and a literary critic. In the poem The Raven, the speaker's life and Edgar's life related in many different ways. Their lives were full of melancholy, madman and death. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19,1809. Poe became an orphan at the age of three and got separated from his siblings. Poe got married to his thirteen year old cousin in 1833. After he married he then moved to Virginia,to support his mother in law and wife he then moved to New York and took jobs as a magazine editor and more. Poe was an heavy drinker that could not stay at a job more than a year and a half. Poe’s spouse died in 1847 and he moved back to Virginia.
Poe decided to rest in Baltimore and died on October 7, 1849. In the poem The Raven the speaker lost his wife and became mentally ill. The speaker heard a noise and thought it was his wife but it turns out it is a Raven. He talks to the Raven and ask the Raven questions but all the Raven ever says is “Nevermore”. The speaker thinks that the Raven is evil and comes from a bad home. All Poe and the speaker see is darkness, they don't what to do because they are so sad. The speaker's life and Poe's life all deal with the themes melancholy, madman and death. They both lived through rough lives. Once they lost everything they thought it was over for them and became mentally ill. For the poem The Raven, Poe received a lot of credit.
Mrs. Roper
March 11, 2017
Raven Essay Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor and a literary critic. In the poem The Raven, the speaker's life and Edgar's life related in many different ways. Their lives were full of melancholy, madman and death. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19,1809. Poe became an orphan at the age of three and got separated from his siblings. Poe got married to his thirteen year old cousin in 1833. After he married he then moved to Virginia,to support his mother in law and wife he then moved to New York and took jobs as a magazine editor and more. Poe was an heavy drinker that could not stay at a job more than a year and a half. Poe’s spouse died in 1847 and he moved back to Virginia.
Poe decided to rest in Baltimore and died on October 7, 1849. In the poem The Raven the speaker lost his wife and became mentally ill. The speaker heard a noise and thought it was his wife but it turns out it is a Raven. He talks to the Raven and ask the Raven questions but all the Raven ever says is “Nevermore”. The speaker thinks that the Raven is evil and comes from a bad home. All Poe and the speaker see is darkness, they don't what to do because they are so sad. The speaker's life and Poe's life all deal with the themes melancholy, madman and death. They both lived through rough lives. Once they lost everything they thought it was over for them and became mentally ill. For the poem The Raven, Poe received a lot of credit.