https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps Made with whimsy en-us 2016-11-21 05:43:14 UTC 2018-10-24 23:09:16 UTC hello@padlet.com saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999330  The Raven just sits there and says "nevermore." The narrator, a little spooked by the entire episode mutters the bird will probably just leave tomorrow.

• Analysis: There is something in the word "nevermore" that brings despair to the narrator. He believes the raven is pouring out his soul with each utterance of the word, similar to the pouring out of the narrator's soul as he longs for the return of Lenore.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999330 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999437  The narrator rationalizes that the raven's repetition of "nevermore" has nothing to do with his own hopeless state, and that the word is the only one the bird knows. He creates a plausible story about the bird probably having escaped from his master who met an ill fate at sea.

• Analysis: The narrator experiences the paranoia/denial cycle. He unreasonably believes the raven is some bad omen, which it then becomes, omens being nothing more than a negative psychological interpretation of an otherwise neutral event, followed by a complete negation with an implausible explanation. The narrator is nuts.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999437 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999496 Stanza 12: The narrator wheels his chair around, stares at the bird, and attempts to figure out what this all means.

• Analysis: Although the narrator draws no explicit conclusion, descriptive words such as "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt" displays the narrator's negative attitude toward the strange visitor.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999496 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999578 Stanza 13: The narrator stares at the bird, whose eyes appear to be on fire and burn the narrator's heart. He ponders how he will nevermore see his lost Lenore.

• Analysis: There's a raven in the living room with fiery eyes staring at the narrator and all he can think about is some girl!

]]> 2016-11-21 05:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999578 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999629 Stanza 14: The narrator senses the arrival of angels who burn incense. He suspects the raven's purpose is to help the narrator forget about his sorrows. He asks to drink a magic potion for that purpose. The raven replies, "nevermore."

• Analysis: Angels arrive. The narrator hopes that he will be spared despair and sorrow. He's wrong. Key words in this stanza: quaff means to drink; nepenthe is a drug used in ancient times to make people forget their sorrows.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999629 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999663 Stanza 15: The narrator asks the raven if he is evil. He then asks the raven if he has brought healing. The raven replies, "nevermore."

• Analysis: Despite several declarations by the raven himself that he is not there for good, the narrator holds on to the slim hope that the raven can help him forget his sorrows. The allusion to "balm in Gilead" in line 89 is an allusion to the Book of Job in the Old Testament. It is the same questioned asked by Job after losing his family, fortune, friends, and health.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999663 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999707 Stanza 16: The narrator asks the raven if he will ever see Lenore in heaven. The raven answers, "nevermore."

• Analysis: The narrator isn't the smartest guy alive. He again asks the raven if he will be relieved of his suffering and at least be able to see Lenore in paradise. The raven answered "nevermore." At this point I'm getting really annoyed with the narrator. He's wallowing in self pity and enjoying every second of it. He knows what the raven's answer will be, yet he purposely asks questions that will justify him feeling sorry for himself. It's time to move on.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999707 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999807 Stanza 17: The narrator commands the bird to leave. The bird says, "nevermore."

• Analysis: The narrator is once again surprised by the raven's negative response. I'm not.

]]> 2016-11-21 05:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999807 saeedelreyes https://padlet.com/saeedelreyes/divk1tpaohps/wish/138999843 Stanza 18: The raven remains sitting. He overshadows the narrator, whose soul will never see happiness again.

• Analysis: Boo! Hoo! Get a gun and shoot that freaking bird already! The raven's shadow most likely symbolizes sadness. It covers the narrator's soul, symbolic of the narrator never being happy again. Some claim the last stanza relates the narrator's death. They're wrong. The shadow remains on the floor and it's the narrator's soul that will never climb out from under the shadow of sadness. If your teacher tells you he died, tell him he's wrong. If he disagrees, ask him how a dead man can narrate a poem.

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