One dark December night, a poet is feeling tired. He is reading old books and tried to escape the death of his love, Lenore. Suddenly, there is a tapping on his chamber door. He wonders who is visiting so late, but when he opens the door, he sees no one. The only answer he received is a voice "Lenore". Later, he hears the knock again. He opens the door, this time he sees a raven, which flies in and sits on the statue over the door. The poet asked what the raven's name is, the raven answered "nevermore". The poet tells the raven to leave, but the bird refuses and remains forever above the poet's door. The raven's action makes the poet even feel more confused, the poet wonders what the Raven means. Is it to comfort him or to frighten him? Where is the raven coming from?

The mood of this poem is melancholy, which is full of deep and mysteriously beautiful sadness. This is taking place in a dark December night, a poet is living in a chamber. This is done when the poet feels tired and sad. He is reading old books to escape his grief over the death of his love, Lenore. In order to show us suspense and the characteristics of whole moon of this poem, the author used some particular literary devices such as alliteration, assonance, repetition, and rhyme scheme. Those literary devices strongly represented the feeling of the poet and make readers understand better. Every last word of each stanza, the author is using "more-nothing more, ever more, nevermore" as an ending, this really catches my attention. An example of assonance in this poem is on the second stanza line 4 "For the rare and radiant maiden who the angels name Lenore". (P101) An example of alliteration in this poem is on the stanza 5 line 3 "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before". (P103) Rhyme is the use of identical sounds in some part of a poem. Rhyme can add to the sound appeal and the meaning of a poem. An example of rhyme scheme of this poem is on the first stanza, "dreary, weary, lore, tapping, door, door, more", which at the end of words on lines of verse. Rhyme scheme helps to make a poem easier to remember.

This poem sounds interesting to me. The poem's structure is very good. By just reading this poem, I can determine it shows a beautiful love between the poet and Lenore. Even though Lenore died, she still became a powerful mark on the poet's life. On stanza 2 line 4 "Eagerly I wished the morrow, vainly I had sought to borrow from my book surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost of Lenore". This is of how the poet feels about Lenore. Finally, I can tell Lenore had created a big influence on the poet's life. The poet felt Lenore was every where with him. He thought the Raven maybe represents Lenore. The poet must like Lenore so much.