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Poem Analysis
Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Raven" as a ballad with eighteen six-line stanzas. It employs
trochaic octameter, a dramatic form of meter, to emphasize its heavy use of rhyme.
The poem's first-person point of view allows readers to track the speaker's progression from
weary scholar to grieving lover. The loss of his great love, Lenore, haunts him throughout the
poem.
The raven itself symbolizes death. It forces its way into the room, standing as a reminder of
Lenore's untimely death.
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