check this poem- by edgar allen poe?

Question

Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discpurse so painly, though its answer little meaning-little revelancy bore; for we cannot help agreeing that no living human being ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door-Bird or beats upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, with such name as nevermore.

what does the poem mean?

please i need your help!!

Answer 1

Does one really know.. Poe was a sinister writer.. macabre, bizarre in his writings.. but the Raven poem... subject to objections, but I feel that the meaning is quite simple and one should not look for deep-seated meanings, etc etc etc...

You see, "The Raven" can be seen as something of an autobiography. When Poe was young, his mother died of TB, or as they called it, "consumption." His father also left him. He was left with his relatives, the Allens, but never really felt part of the family, thus his usage of Allen as a middle name. (By the way, he always signed Edgar A. Poe, or more commonly E.A. Poe, but NEVER referred to the Allen we all know him by) He spent much of his life in depression, until he met his one true love. I forget her name, but Lenore is her name, with the letters scrambled. He married her (a second cousin, normal at the time) when she was just 13. He was madly in love, but she also died as his mother, by consumption. This is when he truly fell into depression of the worst sort. He became a drunkard and a drug addict. Now to the poem. When the Raven first appears, he says that "Other friends have flown before, on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before" This is his mother, father, and most of all his wife, whom he felt abandoned by. He says that the Raven is perched upon the bust of Pallas, a god of inspiration, a sort of muse. The Raven represents his sorrow a his loss. It perches upon all his inspiration, resulting in the morbid, sadness that is so prevelant is his inspired works. The poem ends with Poe saying that the Raven "still is sitting, still is sitting", as if his sorrow never has, and never will "take thy beak from out my heart", and "quit the bust above my door" He gets most angry with the raven at the suggestion that his one love is not in "Aidenn" (or Eden, modern - heaven) He requests at one point, "Respite, respite and Nepenthe...Let me quaff this kind nepenthe and forget the lost Lenore" Nepenthe was a common narcotic of the time, which caused temporary amnesia. This was one of Poe's addictions, trying to forget his lost love. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door,
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."

This stanza follows the first time the Raven speaks the word "nevermore". Herein the author feels little relevancy in the word, rather in the marvel of having a raven enter into his house upon the bust of Pallas above his chamber door. There is the fascination, a speaking beast that entered his house. However, you must read the poem in its entirety to gain a semblance of understanding.

Answer 3

The Raven and Annabel Lee are the most famous Poe poems. The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and The Pendulum, and The Cask of Amontillado are among Poe's most famous stories.

Answer 4

As above, Yes The Raven (my favourite poem) is actually a love poem. He loved lenore. The bird is a personification of his grief (which shall leave him nevermore).

If you are asking about that particular stanza, it simply means that the author is doubtfull that the raven's name is "nevermore" and that there is probly more meaning to this answer.

Answer 5

He was getting ready to die and saw a white dove above his window pane, and marveled at what he had been told about seeing a bird (knowing his life was coming to an end), he decided to place things in order. The poem simply refer to an old folklore about seeing a white dove, it means death is near.

Silver Birch

Answer 6

If I understand "The Raven" correctly, it is loss over love, the bird being the voice within that will not let us forget, never let us stop truly mourning, or so it seems in our moments of grief.

Answer 7

Do your own homework, kid. Get off your lazy behind for once and THINK!