Poe's Masterpiece - Analysis Of The Raven
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A raven, often depicted atop skeletons, or scavenging a field of human corpses, seems exactly like the kind of beast that would occupy our nightmares. It also perfectly sets the mood for this dark and brooding poem of a man, alone in his room, or depending on how you look at it, alone in his mind, with nothing to occupy him but his own disturbing thoughts and memories.
The Raven is a poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.
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This topic is different, and a bit darker, than what I am used to posting on this channel. I became fascinated while researching Poe's writing, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Let me know what you think in the comments!
Great literature can be comforting in trying times. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and I recommend it to my friends.
The more I study the poem, the more I understand it. Your analysis was spot-on and really helped me to get inside the mind of the protagonist in the story. Its a beautiful and horrifically brilliant piece of poetry. Thanks for doing this.
The raven spoke in nevermore because he thought in nevermore.
A raven is like a writing desk becaws they both have cause for thoughts...
Why is a human like a television?
They both have thoughts in lies and illusions...
A human thinks in lies and illusions so he speaks in lies and illusions..
A television promotes lies and illusions so humans are raised on lies and illusions.
What do media's and psychopaths have in common?
They both bring fantasy to reality...
@@saskoilersfan My perspective is that the Raven is an omen. And it flew in to attempt to get him to admit or accept a wrongdoing he did to 'Lenore'. Edgar wrote he 'lost' Lenore; but we don't know how. Did he murder her? Cast her away after a argument? She leave and he didn't go searching and now regret it? But I think the overall theme and moral of the story is that he can't get over something he did in the past and is now 'trapped' and bound to the shadow on the floor/The Raven. And it's making him pay eternally for it.
Either that or he simply cannot forgive himself or get over 'Lenore', therefore, nevermore.
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Quoth the liar , lies....
If you think in lies , you speak in lies...
Lenoir ..the black or the darkness...
He yearns to go back to nothing as life or light is too hard to handle.
The raven has caws for thought .
The desk has cause for thought .
If he thinks in double talk , he can speak in double talk...
These are clues left behind by others who understand language communication.
Liars need a language to lie with or you can't lie .
Or decieve with.
English is being perfected language of lies.
Both use 8mm and require headshots...snipers and photographers.
The raven has nevermore for thoughts.
The raven had caws for thoughts.
Man has caws for lies.
Man had thoughts in lies.
Man speaks in lies .
To know man is to no liars.
To know liars is to know man.
Quoth the human ....lies.
The way I see it, the raven is about denial. He knows the answer to every question he asks the raven, but he keeps asking anyway, and hopes that the answer will have changed. Then, in the final line, he has accepted his grief and let go of his denial, as he finally stops asking the raven and answers his own question
Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
You could also says he's gone insane.
Very true
@@jaybird0312 i would conquer your statement by saying that he is not insane but rather lost/locked in a room with no way out. Rather than insane, he feels helpless that the love he wanted in the real world would never be experienced ever again, and thus being a lost soul within his own mind. Insanity to some, inception to me.
ahhh good analysis
Bleek!! Right??? Bleek fore ever more ore forgotten lore bleek,?? Now with that said here I longeth for the morrow....
The raven sitting atop of the goddess of wisdom represents the "triumph" of dark thoughts over reason in the mind of the suffering.
Also they are "above the door" meaning the Raven is guarding and preventing the escape from this dark place he is in...
But remember, the Raven knocks on the window, doesn't bust trough...and only enters when he opens the window...so he lets these dark thoughts creep on him when he could have just resisted them
Really appreciated this comment ! Good stuff
Hard to resist when one thinks 'tis a visitor and nothing more. Thanks for the nice comment, really elaborates well!
I have recently just dreamt of a raven sitting there one side me on the other no words were spoken but it was vivid and never dreamt of this before but it’s bothered me ever since this was a lost 2/3 months ago.and I’ve searched what this meant and found only death till I came across this,,still not 100% on what it means for me so many different meanings I’m not seeing,,So bit frightened bit confused bit I don’t know,all I know is it is still so vivid in my mind.the next day after I woke up from the dream I took my dog for walk and there was a crow flying in the park right were I was.OMG I don’t think I like this,
Maybe it’s a little late but death isn’t a bad thing. It’s intense but not evil. Death means ending of something maybe the end of denial, excepting the inevitable. Maybe the raven warns you that truth will be revealed, a hard pill to swallow like the message a Raven brought to Apollo and was banished to the stars for. Or that something around you is coming to an end like an important relationship or bankruptcy or a company.
The last part from “and the Raven never flitting, STILL is sitting STILL is sitting, on the palid bust of palace just above my chamber door” really sends a chill right through me. I shiver just reading it back
If you knew that he’s grieving over his wife and mother lost to the same illness the poem suddenly takes on a whole level of sadness and solitude
also his wife was his cousin and only 13 when he was 27 also gives insight lol
Love Poe love everything he has written. Found his life sad though. My favorite is Alone. Which if I remember correctly wasn't published until after he died and it was found in an attic of one of his old homes by the new owners.
same
whoa that is SO cool! id love to come across something like that!! old houses rock! (minus ghosts and creepy shit haha).
A beautifully sad poem ❤️
If that's true that's very cool... one of favorites too.
If you're a fan of The Raven then I highly recommend memorizing it. Now that I have it memorized it's almost like a mantra that I can recite to myself at work, sitting in traffic or lying in bed when I can't sleep. I think that my understanding of it has also increased substantially since before I memorized it - I memorized it by printing out six stanza's at a time on three separate sheets of paper and just focused on one stanza at a time. If you think about it it's like three acts of a play. Stanza's 1-6 he's alone, 7-12 is the introduction of the Raven and 13-18 is his descent.
I was actually in a school play for the raven, I had it memorized after rehearsing so many times.
I remember the first time I've ever read this poem when I was a kid. I might have been around the age of nine or ten, I use to devour books until I reached my late teens. But this poem and
Hamlet always stuck with me for some reason.
Funny, same here. I never read as much as I did from the age of about 6-13 or so.
Me as well!
Through the grave and stern decoram of countenance it wore ❤
Was always a big fan of melancholy and poets.
Same here. Something about darker topics has always drawn me to them.
To quote from Anne "I think sad things have such a broken beauty" I couldn't agree more darkness is so alluring to me
She didn't leave him. She died.
it can feel like someone is leaving you when they die though. Take the cases of families in car crashes where only one member lives, that one that lived may feel as though all of the others had left them behind and they are just forced to carry their own sadness along with the sadness of their deceased relatives for the rest of their time. Nothing like that has ever happened personally, so i'm not exactly sure of the best way to put it.
That’s just your interpretation
markhor1988 lost, as in dead. Lost from the world.
@@amethystchoke8466 You can't honestly look at all of the death imagery, references to the afterlife, and all of the cues in this poem and believe that she didn't die - can you?
No she didn't??
I don't read enough poetry but The Raven is such a masterpiece, I've always been in awe of the rhythm, imagery, symbolism, and emotion put into it.
Software and especially "Raven" is one of the few things that reconcile Americans and Russians. russians love his poetry , and even in bookstores you can find an edition of " the raven " in two languages in one book : the English original and the Russian translation , made in the German tradition of versification ( in Russian it is simply more convenient to read and write poetry in the German style than in English or American )
A man on the way to die from a broken heart..first trying to avoid all thoughts of it..but gets reminded by the appearing raven (his own subconscious), all the questions one would ask the grasp a last bit of hope to live along, all the questions which answer one already knows. Realising that the man gets angry upon the raven (his own subconscious), wishes it would just go away..knowing it will never happen..and he died..
I am being completely honest, I didn't understand this poem at first, (or any of Poe's poems in general) but after some few explanations, it has become my favorite poem, especially for having my favorite bird, the raven.
your profile picture explains it...and your username
what made it difficult for you to understand it? *legit question*
Because not everybody is familiar with old literature? I had to dissect and read in depth look up words etc in order to understand what he was truly talking about. I don’t think anyone is able to read any of Poe’s work first hand and completely understand it, he was way before our time using complete different language from what we use today.
quoth the raven eat my shorts
That rhymes too
The raven is an analogy for loss. It's a melancholic stand in for the greif and anguish we feel when we lose someone we love. The reason he refers to it as coming from "nights Plutonian shore" is because ravens used to carry a connotation of death. He is literally talking to death itself. He's not insane, just that grief makes you think you are.
I love this analysis, Poe is my favorite writer of all time.
That's awesome! What's your favorite writing of his?
ThinkBigAnimation I have several favorites, those being The Tell-Tale Heart, The Premature Burial, The Raven and Morella.
Most of those I haven't read so I'll have to check them out. I really enjoyed Descent Into The Maelstrom, Pit And Pendulum, The Sphinx, and The Raven
"Nevermore" Im tattooing that on my Back.
i wanted to tattoo a raven on the back of my shoulder at one point hahahaa did you do yours?
I have a wrist tattoo of a raven perched on some branches with "nevermore" under it
This video and the audio are excellent. Thank you so much for doing this analysis. I'm showing it to my high school students tomorrow and it helps bring The Raven to life for them!
That's awesome! I'm always happy when teachers are able to use these videos :)
I'm glad l read this poem without someone else's video of it. My imagination of each scene is uniquely mine..there is no pic of what Lenore looked like! Let the students hear the poem 1st, rather than see this cartoon characterization of Poe's amazing symbolic poem! Its like reading a great book, then seeing a cheap movie version of it!
Loved the vid but that is such a good point
Maybe the raven is real or not, but I think it represents the reality of the grief he is finally forced to accept he cannot hide from. It's about denial and how it is eventually replaced by acceptance or resignation, allowing oneself to uncover and experience emotions that have been buried.
Poe once wrote an article called “The Philosophy of Composition.” He break down how he composed “The Raven.” You can find it online.
Raven, rebbeca, Macbeth, Hamlet, Wuthering heights A tell heart tale, pride and prejudice and the goblin market, have a special place in my heart. (Though, I am 14)
Nice.
This is a really excellent analysis and I'll be sharing it with my students! Good job!
That's awesome. Thank you!
I find the raven to be more sad than scary
It's supposed to be sad. The raven itself represents the character's grief
@@madisonstegall3931 the raven itself or the situation as a whole?
This is an amazing poem. Perfect rhythm and flow
I think it's a romance poem. He mourns the loss of his wife but refuses to move on. The raven comes in and somewhat make light of his self-imposed situation...almost mocking him. In a way telling him to move on.
When he opens the dog and nothing was there and he is just looking into the dark terrified me
Nothing scarier than an open dog.
Your should listen to Christopher Lee telling the poem.
Loved that version too :) but there's just something about Darth Vader's reading that I really enjoy
Hated that one. Too overwrought sounding.
Joshua Nino you should try John De’lance rendition
I have to for English class
It is great. I just listened to it.
Once I heard Beethoven's 14th piano sonata, I knew I had to watch the whole thing
My first exposure to The Raven was from the Simpsons at the age of about 7, although taken as more humorous, the words and rhythm of the poem has always stayed with me. Now my favourite poem.
I feel you are compelled to read this out loud once you discover the rhymes in it! Great review!
absolutely!
Oh, l have read it out loud many times, at one point, when l was younger, l memorized it.
I love the moonlight Sontana playing in the background
The Raven, in my opinion, is the greatest poem ever written. Then again, I'm no poetry expert. I am, however, a HUGE Poe fan. Easily my favorite author. Which is odd because I tend to be an upbeat, sort of positive kind of guy. /shrug
I guess I just always found Poe's ability to paint such a sorrowful picture with his words to be second to none. Reading his work you simply FEEL what he's saying at a level I've never felt with any other author.
Anyway, great video.
The meter and assonance of this poem work to create the sound of a heartbeat, as if encapsulating the poem in a body. Thus, the setting of this poem is the speaker’s mind
The summary of the Raven: A man get slightly triggered that he's tricked by his own dream and explode when he's tricked again, but by the wind this time, so he start dissing about prophet to a raven whom happened to perch on his chamber door.
I feel at home :) You put it together beautifully. The thought and the memory roaming the world and coming back to you, never leaving you. Nevermore.
4:53 I always talk to birds, leave me alone☹😂
I have listened to so many recordings of this poem, each deeper and bassier than the last, but none, not one, have the cadance I read in my head.
Hmm seems like this is more of a descent into depression than madness. The raven gives the same answer no matter the question, so in asking the questions about being reunited with his love it might just be a coming to terms with the truth or reality of the situation.
Then comes the outburst of anger from the truth but there is no escaping this truth now. So the raven will always be there in his mind and depression will be in his soul.
You are a genius...I love the mood you set...with the music...the art...you simply bring the poem to life.. and your voice is just the icing on the cake... can you please do more...like the Hound of Heaven ...
nice touch moonlight sonata in background
is it weird that i can t stop watching this video?
I love the analysis of the poem mixed with the wonderful music. I love the Beethoven and Time from Inception.
The first time, I heard this poem, it was a reading by Christopher Lee, with very powerful music. I was unsure if that was a good thing, since it may have swayed my emotions on what I've heard, but I think I was actually wrong about that
If you tell me, my mother died, I'll be heartbroken, no matter what plays in the background. Music doesn't dictate our emotions, but it can enhance them
In the case of the raven, I didn't feel it was meant to be scary in the slightest, but it is heartbreaking. It's about someone who has experienced loss and will never let go of his missing pieces ever again. And there's a beauty to this sorta tragedy I think
I love the Christopher Lee's version of this poem.
A very well explained story of a classic by Edgar Allen Poe, ty. Happy Halloween!
Nice,Darth Vader as poe.very fitting.
Although bigoted, alcoholic and/or drug addicted and according to contemporaries, quite crazy, Poe remains one of the finest literary artists the world has produced. In my opinion, only William Shakespeare surpasses him in poetic ability.
How do you know he was "bigoted"? Oh 'cuz he was born in the South? Now there's a good example of "bigoted".
@@jameseverett4976 Poe was not born in the south but in Boston. He was adopted by John Allan of Richmond, VA. Poe's racism is not only apparent is some of his works, but in his private life and statements as well. His bigotry is well documented, included his firm opposition to ending slavery. I can feel sympathy for Poe because he lived a grim life of poverty and personal loss. His talent was vast but his success was scant. I can admire his art, which I greatly do, without pretending that he he was not highly infected with white supremacy.
@@jameseverett4976 stoopid
@@timothyhughes1904 can you cite a source about pose opposition to ending slavery? I'm genuinely curious. I've looked for this and I can't find it.
@@DianaMoon11428 It doesn't exist. From what I've found, he does use somewhat "Racial language" in a couple of stories. However, its never the balk or the point, or the principle of the work in anyway. Mostly, its one descriptive word, to let the reader know He's talking about a "African American." Poe, felt more connected and at home in Virginia. The southern literary messenger, is synonymous with him. He felt that southern writers and literature should lead the North American wave of magazine/satire/poetry & Criticism. A Lot of northern writers, at least if you follow Poes train of thought had "raped" The publishing industry; critics wrote puff pieces for people they liked or paid them. Also, the theory of Morality, as the reason for a poems existence polluted "northern magazines" The essay the "Poetic principle" by Poe explains a lot of my conclusions for this. Also, I now remember, one of the few descriptions i mentioned above appear in the short story, called NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR HEAD. Funny enough you'll detect poes irony in regards to that morality issue. But you'll know the reference when you see it 1-2 words at most.
Thank you. You kept me from failing English.
And that explains the Baltimore Ravens team colors
I would assume in Edgar's day a poem like The Raven and other things he wrote it must have sent chills down your spine , people must have been easier to scare back then.
yep, no TV shows, no horror movies, no Halloween, etc. And many people could not read.
The meaning for me is the transition from grief to acceptance.
"One day you catch yourself wishing that the one you loved had never existed...so you'd be spared your pain." - Batman Begins
Don't fully agree...the Raven is an exegesis of the existential horror of human life. That we are mortal and the afterlife may be Never more.
I feel like he skipped a big part....doesn't he basically ask if Lenore is in heaven? Something about being clasped by angels or something....He totally missed that
Just mind blowing😍
I will always love Edgar Allen Poe , and Sontana my favorite song.
sontana lol
wow. What a great summary!! Thanks dude, saved my ass!
Of course! Glad you liked it :)
This video and analysis is perfection. I love your close analysis of the historical allusions. I just wish you didn't say "ass print" so I could show it to my 6th graders. :)
LASCFCS mute that part
Haha sorry. That's a good point and i'll let you know as soon as I have time to upload a clean version
6th graders these days are busy learning about gender fluid cis normative intersectionality. Oh and they're basically illiterate.
You could just hit mute
I was introduced to "The Raven" by "The Simpsons: TreeHouse of Horror". It was great!
You Carried my author project dude. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this video it's every thing that i wanted to know
I just love this poet
I've always loved this poem and only recently found out why......and I feel the raven is there to help with shadowork and the avennis helping him feel deeper and deeper to understand and let go of his shadows.....it's beautiful as shodowwork is something I strongly believe in working with the shadow the last couple of years.....you realize you see your demons or weakness and you push yourself throught the fear to bring it to light......it's beautiful ...and the fact that raven is still sitting is sending the message his work isn't done yet there is more shodaw to bring to light there are more fragments of his heart to bring back to the whole ......
Thank you for your analysis bro, and God bless you.
This poem was really difficult to understand until you explained it. Thank You! I have a test tomorrow worth 64 points about The Raven
edit: What was that weird raven thingy at the end?
how did your test go?
@@mystiqueivy Good Thx
this helped me a lot thank you for making this.
Its all fun and games till a big ol bird shows up at your front door spittin a freestyle
Thank you
the process of grieving
Whose reading the poem? He's reading it beautifully.
Love darker things in these types of videos
Great video man I thank you for your content it makes things like this easier to understand cheers
I love this poem. I write my own but there not as good. Kinda dukb but eh heres one....
For though our sorrows, forevermore.
Be drowned by silence at
Every door.
There will always be
On the door.
A raven there
Forevermore.
To break the silence
We implore
And wake souls up to
Bore nomore
The pain of saddness
Forevermore
Thinking of their lost
Lenore.
Qoath the raven
NEVERMORE.
*they're. I believe you
The Mona Lisa of poe-etry.
Thanks for the help, I have to write up an oral presentation on this poem and you've given me a great starting point. Thanks a lot :)
One of my fav poem :D.. nice work in explaining
Thank you! It really is one of the most hypnotic poems I have ever read
Brilliant.
Thank you for this, I love Poe & my son loves this too... 💯❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Please keep up with doing this with the most beautiful writings in the world 💯
Original goth emo hybrid
I absolutely love this!
Poe is my favourite poet (along with chuuya nakahara)
From henceforth ONLY James Earl Jones is allowed to read this poem aloud. So rich.
Greatest mind of our time
Is there a full version of the poem read out by the person here? He read it in such a beautiful voice and with such a good background music.
Daniel Search for “the raven Christopher Lee”. I love his version best and the words are there to follow along
There is. Just search "The Raven James Earl Jones"
My parents with all this in mind: let’s name our kid raven that’ll turn out fine
I like how you have moonlight sonata in the baground
Purple is the color of passion, pride, power, fantasy and sexuality. There's a reason the Emperor's cloak had so much purple, and why we associate it with royalty. On top of that, it's also a funereal color.
The bust of Pallas resonates as the embodiment of all of our collective aspirations through intellect, learning and erudition. Despite our lofty ambitions to become better versions of ourselves through study and keen discernment, the dark side of our base consciousness - an extricable part of the human psyche; doubt, fatalism, irrational fear of the unknown is Inexplicable but a potent force. It is what motivates us or hinders our progress. It is THE struggle. Inherent. The nature of man. Yin and Yang, light and the dark, in one.
It's funny to imagine James Earl Jones going on the Simpsons and he probably thought he'd be doing a wacky or fun character and then they go "we want you to read The Raven.
I may be baked but I see this to be his battle with depression and suicidal thoughts right?
Beautiful
Bravo.
Pushing the Blone blue-eyed imagine...where is it written that Lenore was Blonde and blue-eyed? I grew up with The Raven as a child...never imagined her blonde and blue-eyed! Ugh.
Poe's wife's was dark haired and lovely!
Was poes wife called lenore?
@@dazbeal5438 yes
@@DixonDixon65 thanks :)
@@DixonDixon65 the reason she's pictured as blonde is because Poe has a different poem called Lenore where he describes her as "fair" with "yellow hair" but I always pictured her as dark haired and pale given the atmosphere of the story
@UCsGwsGJuAPFjl8FKnHSyrLQ funnily enough I pictured her as a small, pale dark hair with sunken sad dark eyes. Its the sombre tone of the poem that I guess makes me think that way. Its a very simple yet clever poem thats why I enjoy it so much. Its definatly up there with my favourites.
not a crazy person; a depressed person
I have a question for Americans: who would North Americans recommend reading from their literature, especially from poets? The fact is that in Russia we more or less study Edgar Poe or Henry Longfellow, but this is because our literary tradition is more connected with Germans like Schiller, Goethe.and the German traditions of versification and Anglo-American ...very different .According to other classics, well, Mark Twain is very popular in the former USSR, as well as American science fiction writers (Bradbury, Asimov, etc.)
Depression. Lost hope and opium
Excellent!
As time marches on the past is "nevermore", I guess
Ravens can repeat things
In the beginning of the video he was reading black magic it was against the law at the time that's why he was in denial when there was a knock at his door he was scared of being caught
You know Ravens can actually imitate people's voices?