Comments on: What are your thoughts about the poem “The Raven”? http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/ A Blog about many things! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:51:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tonydal http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-52 tonydal Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:18:24 +0000 http://fieryeyes.com/?p=30#comment-52 I think he's nuts--the guy's got some serious mental impairment (I mean, he's arguing with a freakin BIRD...if that isn't a sign that you've got a problem; "Hello, my name is Bill W, and I was screaming about philosophy to my raven the other night"). The whole thing is so ridiculously overwrought (and if you want to read something even stupider, check out Poe's account in "The Philosophy of Composition" of how he supposedly cold-bloodedly wrote this thing). Poe had several very good poems ("Ulalume," "Alone"), but "The Ravin'" ain't one of 'em. I think he’s nuts–the guy’s got some serious mental impairment (I mean, he’s arguing with a freakin BIRD…if that isn’t a sign that you’ve got a problem; “Hello, my name is Bill W, and I was screaming about philosophy to my raven the other night”). The whole thing is so ridiculously overwrought (and if you want to read something even stupider, check out Poe’s account in “The Philosophy of Composition” of how he supposedly cold-bloodedly wrote this thing). Poe had several very good poems (“Ulalume,” “Alone”), but “The Ravin’” ain’t one of ‘em.

]]> By: felines http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-51 felines Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:53:55 +0000 http://fieryeyes.com/?p=30#comment-51 To me, the poem tells of a man who, for reasons never explained, has lost the love of his life, and the memory of her haunts him. He sees mockery in his surroundings because she is not there. It was and is brilliant and heartbreakingly sad. To me, the poem tells of a man who, for reasons never explained, has lost the love of his life, and the memory of her haunts him. He sees mockery in his surroundings because she is not there.

It was and is brilliant and heartbreakingly sad.

]]> By: sugarbabe http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-50 sugarbabe Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:01:35 +0000 http://fieryeyes.com/?p=30#comment-50 The raven symbolizes all the deep melancholy the author is feeling for his dead love, Lenore. He is already sad and looking for distraction when he decides to sit and read for awhile, to try and forget his sorrow. he drifts asleep, when a tap at the door wakes him, and he reveals that he hopes the visitor is some friend to try to cheer him. Instead the Raven; a symbol of death -dark, morose, a scavenger of the dead, literally confronts him; melancholy to melancholy, and seemingly mocks his sadness- to the point he goes from mild bemusement to outright rage- as the impact of realization that Lenore is gone forever and that he will nevermore see her-the rest of his life will be cold and heartless as the the Raven; which the Raven mocks each time he says "Nevermore" to remind him- to rub salt in his wounds, so to speak and he knows there will be no comfort for him. The raven symbolizes all the deep melancholy the author is feeling for his dead love, Lenore. He is already sad and looking for distraction when he decides to sit and read for awhile, to try and forget his sorrow. he drifts asleep, when a tap at the door wakes him, and he reveals that he hopes the visitor is some friend to try to cheer him. Instead the Raven; a symbol of death -dark, morose, a scavenger of the dead, literally confronts him; melancholy to melancholy, and seemingly mocks his sadness- to the point he goes from mild bemusement to outright rage- as the impact of realization that Lenore is gone forever and that he will nevermore see her-the rest of his life will be cold and heartless as the the Raven; which the Raven mocks each time he says “Nevermore” to remind him- to rub salt in his wounds, so to speak and he knows there will be no comfort for him.

]]> By: tashaball http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-49 tashaball Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:42:42 +0000 http://fieryeyes.com/?p=30#comment-49 I love Edgar Allan Poe. I love Edgar Allan Poe.

]]> By: Ooops I Didnt Know You Were Dead http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Ooops I Didnt Know You Were Dead Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:33:50 +0000 http://fieryeyes.com/?p=30#comment-48 From the perspective of a teenager, I found it extremely melancholy. From the perspective of a teenager, I found it extremely melancholy.

]]> By: elsa f http://fieryeyes.com/what-are-your-thoughts-about-the-poem-the-raven/comment-page-1/#comment-47 elsa f Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:15:42 +0000 http://fieryeyes.com/?p=30#comment-47 we had to hear it at school like 10 million times last year. i hope i never hear it again as long as i live. all time worst poem ever. we had to hear it at school like 10 million times last year. i hope i never hear it again as long as i live. all time worst poem ever.

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