What, or why, did Edgar Allen Poe write on a Raven?

Answer 1

He ran out of paper.

Answer 2

It's a poem. It isn't so much about the raven, as about someone going nuts, as with all of Poe's writing.

Answer 3

The Raven is a common symbol of death in literature. The raven stood for his lost-love Lenore and the fact that he would see her "Nevermore."

Check out the Simpsons version.

Answer 4

Ravens are considered the symbol of death. In this poem the raven represents the death of the relationship he had with the woman Lenore.

The complete poem can be found at:
http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html

Enjoy it--it is a classic

Answer 5

He wrote a very famous poem called The Raven. You should check it out. You might actually like it.

Answer 6

as you know Edgar Allan Poe wrote scary movies and the raven, is a big black bird, which looked very spooky, and mysterious, it was a setting for his shows,hope this helps.

Answer 7

i think the raven is meant to symbolize the conscious and inner demons of the character. Why he chose a raven to be the bird, maybe because it is black and has a stigma of evil that surrounds it.

Answer 8

The Raven represents the cruelty of life. If you are a sensitive person, don't read it. It's scary. WuHaHa

Answer 9

It was a symbol of the lost (dead) love, Lenore, which is what the poem is really about. A raven visits him while he's mourning her and keeps saying "Nevermore," as in, you'll never see her again.

Answer 10

A poem! The Raven! 'Quoth the Raven...' 'On' as in, 'On the subject of'....

Good lord, what do they teach them in these schools these days!