Stanza Analysis of the Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven.
Stanza 1
This man was nearly asleep and his senses were really sharp when he hears a knocking on his door. He began to be a little scared, for the night was creepy.
Stanza 2
This man was feeling nostalgic. When he heard the knocking on that door he imagined his diseased wife, he wants the past back.
Stanza 3
This man started to visualize things that didn’t actually happen. He felt like someone was there entering through the door.
Stanza 4
The man decides to face that thing that is breaking in, but he gets no answer. He stares at the darkness.
Stanza 5
The man stares at the darkness, even if he can’t see a thing he feels something’s there. Then the man imagines the word Leonor to be spoken, right after he had said it before, just like an echo.
Stanza 6
After he heard all of this he started to imagine a tapping noise. When he realizes what he hears he begins to convince himself that nothing’s wrong.
Stanza 7
He opens up and see a huge Raven just standing there. The raven’s attitude began to make him scared. He found out the sound wasn’t just the wind.
Stanza 8
He’s amused by the bird and he asks the Raven’s name. When the bird tells him his name is Nevermore he starts thinking that the Raven is truly conscious of this. He imagines the raven speaking to him and wanting to hurt him.
Stanza 9
The Raven’s name is “Nevermore”. The man starts saying that no man ever had a staring raven. He realizes that this is something nearly fantastic but he doesn’t accept it.
Stanza 10
He looks at the raven just staring there. He faces the Raven and thinks positively, he thinks that the Raven will go away with the morrow.
Stanza 11
He starts to say that surely what happened to the Raven is that someone was “bad” at him. He almost says his name with fear now. The man is trying to convince himself everything will be just fine.
Stanza 12
The man stares at the raven; he looks at him and decides to relax. He sits and starts asking himself why is the
Stanza 1
This man was nearly asleep and his senses were really sharp when he hears a knocking on his door. He began to be a little scared, for the night was creepy.
Stanza 2
This man was feeling nostalgic. When he heard the knocking on that door he imagined his diseased wife, he wants the past back.
Stanza 3
This man started to visualize things that didn’t actually happen. He felt like someone was there entering through the door.
Stanza 4
The man decides to face that thing that is breaking in, but he gets no answer. He stares at the darkness.
Stanza 5
The man stares at the darkness, even if he can’t see a thing he feels something’s there. Then the man imagines the word Leonor to be spoken, right after he had said it before, just like an echo.
Stanza 6
After he heard all of this he started to imagine a tapping noise. When he realizes what he hears he begins to convince himself that nothing’s wrong.
Stanza 7
He opens up and see a huge Raven just standing there. The raven’s attitude began to make him scared. He found out the sound wasn’t just the wind.
Stanza 8
He’s amused by the bird and he asks the Raven’s name. When the bird tells him his name is Nevermore he starts thinking that the Raven is truly conscious of this. He imagines the raven speaking to him and wanting to hurt him.
Stanza 9
The Raven’s name is “Nevermore”. The man starts saying that no man ever had a staring raven. He realizes that this is something nearly fantastic but he doesn’t accept it.
Stanza 10
He looks at the raven just staring there. He faces the Raven and thinks positively, he thinks that the Raven will go away with the morrow.
Stanza 11
He starts to say that surely what happened to the Raven is that someone was “bad” at him. He almost says his name with fear now. The man is trying to convince himself everything will be just fine.
Stanza 12
The man stares at the raven; he looks at him and decides to relax. He sits and starts asking himself why is the