The poem is about the futility of looking for signs in nature. The guy is grieving, his partner died. He clings to anything that might hint to a greater power to the universe. He tries to get some insight from the raven in the same way you'll shake an 8 ball if you don't like the answer, and keep shaking until it tells you something new. The raven is just a raven, squawking it's name, and the man grows more and more frustrated not because he dislikes the raven's answers but because he refuses to accept a chaotic universe, one without symbols or signs.
Look the story might be real...Just a coincidence, birds can be very annoying and ravens can copy what they hear so it's not creepy at all tbh.And if it's a poem based on fiction and just sending a message the massage is very good
that's a very particular interpretation. I feel like, while clearly the speaker is unstable, there is no objective message in the poem that there's absolutely nothing paranormal going on. ravens don't speak, after all, name or any other word. so we could just as well interpret the raven as a sign from a greater power telling him that lenore is gone and he should deal with that loss or live in grief forever
@toorf hi I’m a Christian and I’m not coming here to bash you. I understand where your coming from and yes God is a person that we go to for everything. We don’t just go to him because our comfort it’s more than that. I human life you can do everything on your own you always need a little help or it doesn’t even have to be that. God is our creator and we owe it to him to give him the glory and share his word. There is a importance behind living for him and not yourself. Yeah you can go to heaven who knows not all Christians go to heaven.
I am watching this for fun. I love Edgar Allan Poe and his gothic and creepy stories. I couldn't quite understand the Raven as it was filled with Old English language, but this video helped me understand how a simple poem can have thousands of different interpretations. I love writing, and I wish to write as good as Edgar one day.
It can be hard. I had to define a lot of the older English words. But, once i did, i actually cried. I put myself in his shoes, which isn’t hard to do, because true love is so hard to find, i can only imagine someone like that loving me... and then to lose them...
I just want to mention... at 0:51-and each time since, that’s the sound of a crow, not a Raven. Ravens have more of a croaking noise, and can imitate human words. Other than this easy to make mistake, i love this video!
The connotations of this poem would surely remain outside the door of my comprehension had I not opened my window lattice to this video of yours. Thanks a lot.
00:11 - Plot 02:36 - Key characters 03:47 - Lenore 04:21 - Central symbols 06:43 - Pluto 07:26 - Central themes 08:41 - Death in the afterlife 09:25 - Loss and grief 10:08 - Loss of the past
There is a reason that Poe refers to the bust as that of Palas and not Palas-Athena. Although readily accepted as a duality (Palas-Athena) Myth states them as look alike but separate childhood mates. All ened ill for Palas when a sparring accident of Athena killed her. Palas was human.
This is such good analyzing! I suggest to those watching, watch, “Edgar Allan Poe’s THE RAVEN” on youtube then watch this, trust me you’ll have a very clear understanding.
Has anyone else considered that Lenora could be the narrator’s daughter? I’ve heard many people call her his lover or imply they were in a relationship but the word “maiden” pertains to an unmarried girl, a virgin. It takes a very close loved one to make a man so overcome by grief that it would lead his to madness and death
I'm doing apart of my Extended Essay for the IB program and upon reading it I really felt like Poe was trying to reveal the duality that of human nature, seeing as how both light and the darkness are constant contrasts made within the poem. Like the man in the poem was conversating with himself- the side of him that has embraced the darkness of the situation, but he simply will not confirm to such a standard.
I'm more captivated by the poethic rhyme in all of the 18 stanzas. But thanks for the effort of this copyreader in translating Edgar Allan Poe's poem into plain English.
Tq so much sir😍😍😍 I'm from Tamil Nadu. Actually i want to see ur videos for 2 reason. First is way of teaching i had influenced and Second one is way of speaking eng . Tq so much sir ur videos more helpful for us 😍🤗
All one must do is read almost any of Poe's works enough times, and you will begin to understand what is happening in the background. I am 47 years old, and I've been reading his works since I was 14, I've only had to turn to a breakdown of one of his poems in all this time, The Conqueror Worm. Sometimes I wonder if that is just because it is just so long.
I'm just trying to understand this after randomly remembering the Simpsons first Treehouse of Horror episode that featured it, I recommend it to anyone wanting ANOTHER view on the story because seeing Homer depicted as the speaker is interesting (its season 2 episode 3 @ 16:01 btw)
So wait, Poe was even mixing ancient mythologies? The Roman god Pluto (Plutonium shores) and the Greek goddess Athena (Pallas Athena)? Interesting! Duality is everywhere in this poem.
I can now see how this poem is considered literary genius-- it starts out on a note of neutrality, then a just a PINCH of lightheartedness/humor, then plunges the readers into the "dark side" with ever increasing notes notes of depression, anger, fear and madness, or what could be called too, a loss of BALANCE. There is NO doubt E.A.P. had A LOT on his mind, and thoughts have "weight" of a sort. There IS, I detect, a DANGER in really getting to know such a poem and/or identifying with it....A Danger of joining Mr. Poe on "Pluto's shores" The Twilight Zone, or just plain HELL, generally NOT a good idea to be knocking on Mr. Poe's door....Unless you're VERY CONFIDENT as your status a "RAVEN".😶😐😶😐
I think the door and the lattice symbolize the heart and the mind; the raven can sneak in at any moment you open your heart. It can change your mind on many views even if it goes against logic, perched on Pallas.
This is a very interesting and complete analysis, thank you ! However, I don't think Poe wrote this poem while mourning his wife : the Raven was written in 1845, and his wife died in 1847. I believed this poem was written in remembrance of other women he loved (sweathearts or close friends) If you don't agree I'd be happy to know and understand your opinion
Also worth mentioning is that there is a myth about Athena and a raven. In the myth, the raven was white, but it bore bad news or it lied (myths often vary) and something tragic happened. so she punished him by turning him black. T
raven is a death itself and athena is a battle of love when you are alive then raven on top of athena is you must fight for your love until his death or before she is gone raven itself symbols that you must accept why your love leave after life death you accept it that it is been necesity then don't even blame and curse yourself despair vs hope death vs acceptance. that is my analysis
Hey, loved all the analysis. Is there any further information or the original source where you got the information about the goddess Athena? I need a credited source for my research paper and so far, have not had any luck.
Poet: let me just describe the color of the door: the door is red Teacher: the color of the door (red) symbolises the grief and anger of the poet. Poet: it just means the door is red
Often the appearance of a raven is linked to Halloween time, meaning a death-realm is near, but often it's only a warning about some old aspect of us has to die, to leave place to something new and better: ua-cam.com/video/fOG-N5ru8Lg/v-deo.html
Edgar Allan Poe never wrote "The Raven," he merely claimed it in a kind of 19th-century "identity theft." The poem's premiere was submitted anonymously to "American Review" under the pseudonym "---- Quarles" by the true author, Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poe, a literary critic for the New York "Evening Mirror," finding the poem in an advance copy of "American Review," scooped Mathew in his own paper by two days. Mathew had shared a copy of "The Raven" with Poe in early 1842, so Poe had a handwritten copy in his possession. This enabled him to convince his editor that he had permission to scoop "American Review"--but he mysteriously left the "Mirror" shortly afterwards (suggesting that he may have been fired for lying about it). It is the height of absurdity that the editor of a newly-launched monthly literary magazine like the "Review," would have given a daily newspaper this permission. The real author was not in a position to reveal his identity because of his anti-slavery work and connection with the Underground Railroad, and hence could not publicly defend himself. My paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier," can be downloaded from the following link, or it can be read by searching for the paper's title in Academia.edu. www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_The_Raven.pdf
Did he kill Lenore? And he knows he killed Lenore and he's just trying to lie to himself saying he didn't and the nevermore means nevermore which was probably her last words?
He just meant that if she didn't want to get physical, then she would nevermore get "it that way". And if she didn't want a husband, she could have as many as she wanted or none at all, and nevermore would she be forced to marry idiots. And if she didn't want to give physical birth to an ACTUAL HUMAN BABY, then she would nevermore get that chance. And she cried tears of "🥱 OK FINE IM PRETTY TIRED RIGHT NOW..." 😘 THIS IS HOW I 😴 AND HETFIELD TAUGHT ME THAT
Thank you, sir; I am watching this in 2020 for my English assignment.
Pandemic style
same
same
Literally same person 😂
Same sadness
The poem is about the futility of looking for signs in nature. The guy is grieving, his partner died. He clings to anything that might hint to a greater power to the universe. He tries to get some insight from the raven in the same way you'll shake an 8 ball if you don't like the answer, and keep shaking until it tells you something new. The raven is just a raven, squawking it's name, and the man grows more and more frustrated not because he dislikes the raven's answers but because he refuses to accept a chaotic universe, one without symbols or signs.
Look the story might be real...Just a coincidence, birds can be very annoying and ravens can copy what they hear so it's not creepy at all tbh.And if it's a poem based on fiction and just sending a message the massage is very good
that's a very particular interpretation. I feel like, while clearly the speaker is unstable, there is no objective message in the poem that there's absolutely nothing paranormal going on. ravens don't speak, after all, name or any other word. so we could just as well interpret the raven as a sign from a greater power telling him that lenore is gone and he should deal with that loss or live in grief forever
great analysis I agree with U
@toorf hi I’m a Christian and I’m not coming here to bash you. I understand where your coming from and yes God is a person that we go to for everything. We don’t just go to him because our comfort it’s more than that. I human life you can do everything on your own you always need a little help or it doesn’t even have to be that. God is our creator and we owe it to him to give him the glory and share his word. There is a importance behind living for him and not yourself. Yeah you can go to heaven who knows not all Christians go to heaven.
Yes, the Raven probably doesn't even understand him and just repeats Nevermore. But the speaker interprets it as unwanted answers to his problems.
I am watching this for fun. I love Edgar Allan Poe and his gothic and creepy stories. I couldn't quite understand the Raven as it was filled with Old English language, but this video helped me understand how a simple poem can have thousands of different interpretations.
I love writing, and I wish to write as good as Edgar one day.
Me too. I needed to understand some lines that confused me.
@@notherepim I hope you both write as well as Poe in the future, whether you will...I just don't know...
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Thank you so much for this analysis. I was so lost reading this poem and confused in every stanza about what he meant
even tho its confusing, once you really break it down, you can see why this is an extremely well written poem and why people went crazy over it.
It can be hard. I had to define a lot of the older English words. But, once i did, i actually cried. I put myself in his shoes, which isn’t hard to do, because true love is so hard to find, i can only imagine someone like that loving me... and then to lose them...
I just want to mention... at 0:51-and each time since, that’s the sound of a crow, not a Raven. Ravens have more of a croaking noise, and can imitate human words. Other than this easy to make mistake, i love this video!
The connotations of this poem would surely remain outside the door of my comprehension had I not opened my window lattice to this video of yours. Thanks a lot.
00:11 - Plot
02:36 - Key characters
03:47 - Lenore
04:21 - Central symbols
06:43 - Pluto
07:26 - Central themes
08:41 - Death in the afterlife
09:25 - Loss and grief
10:08 - Loss of the past
There is a reason that Poe refers to the bust as that of Palas and not Palas-Athena. Although readily accepted as a duality (Palas-Athena) Myth states them as look alike but separate childhood mates. All ened ill for Palas when a sparring accident of Athena killed her. Palas was human.
my dad was a English and American lit. teacher and he would recite parts of Poe's poems so this helps understanding better. Thank you!
There is no other word like nevermore that can express the vacuous terror, when we realize we shall never again meet someone we loved.
This is such good analyzing! I suggest to those watching, watch, “Edgar Allan Poe’s THE RAVEN” on youtube then watch this, trust me you’ll have a very clear understanding.
Has anyone else considered that Lenora could be the narrator’s daughter?
I’ve heard many people call her his lover or imply they were in a relationship but the word “maiden” pertains to an unmarried girl, a virgin. It takes a very close loved one to make a man so overcome by grief that it would lead his to madness and death
That could be the case. But judging from your comment, people in a relationship, or lovers aren't close? You must've never cared for anyone.
Yup. I think so too
Who’s the mom then
I have to write an essay about the poem and this video helped me a lot to understand the poem. thank u for explaining the poem perfectly
I’m watching this for my English exam you made it easier to understand thank you!!
Thank you! I watched this in 2024 for an English assignment! Swell job!
I'm doing apart of my Extended Essay for the IB program and upon reading it I really felt like Poe was trying to reveal the duality that of human nature, seeing as how both light and the darkness are constant contrasts made within the poem. Like the man in the poem was conversating with himself- the side of him that has embraced the darkness of the situation, but he simply will not confirm to such a standard.
this really helped thank you!
Watching this for a common assessment in English 1 tm. Thanks for this short video,it helps!
Ok
I'm more captivated by the poethic rhyme in all of the 18 stanzas. But thanks for the effort of this copyreader in translating Edgar Allan Poe's poem into plain English.
Tq so much sir😍😍😍 I'm from Tamil Nadu. Actually i want to see ur videos for 2 reason. First is way of teaching i had influenced and Second one is way of speaking eng . Tq so much sir ur videos more helpful for us 😍🤗
All one must do is read almost any of Poe's works enough times, and you will begin to understand what is happening in the background. I am 47 years old, and I've been reading his works since I was 14, I've only had to turn to a breakdown of one of his poems in all this time, The Conqueror Worm. Sometimes I wonder if that is just because it is just so long.
This is very good work. And the images were lovely.
This is one of the best poems ever written. The flow the words. So much to disesct.
Im watching this for my essay tmrw thank you!
this is helping me with an essay i have to write , thank you so much !
I'm just trying to understand this after randomly remembering the Simpsons first Treehouse of Horror episode that featured it, I recommend it to anyone wanting ANOTHER view on the story because seeing Homer depicted as the speaker is interesting (its season 2 episode 3 @ 16:01 btw)
So wait, Poe was even mixing ancient mythologies? The Roman god Pluto (Plutonium shores) and the Greek goddess Athena (Pallas Athena)? Interesting! Duality is everywhere in this poem.
They are extremely similar mythologies though, since the romans copied a lot of greek mythology.
@@carterarandomguy9290 they literally took the whole mythology and just added some stuff
I can now see how this poem is considered literary genius-- it starts out on a note of neutrality, then a just a PINCH of lightheartedness/humor, then plunges the readers into the "dark side" with ever increasing notes notes of depression, anger, fear and madness, or what could be called too, a loss of BALANCE.
There is NO doubt E.A.P. had A LOT on his mind, and thoughts have "weight" of a sort. There IS, I detect, a DANGER in really getting to know such a poem and/or identifying with it....A Danger of joining Mr. Poe on "Pluto's shores" The Twilight Zone, or just plain HELL, generally NOT a good idea to be knocking on Mr. Poe's door....Unless you're VERY CONFIDENT as your status a "RAVEN".😶😐😶😐
Excellent!
well-done I can't describe how much I enjoyed it
This was very helpful. Thanks so much for the upload.
Perfect!! I love this presentation. Full of information; yet, very engaging and interesting!
You are so amazing! thank you for helping me understand and actually enjoy the poem and doing my assignmets.
I think the door and the lattice symbolize the heart and the mind; the raven can sneak in at any moment you open your heart. It can change your mind on many views even if it goes against logic, perched on Pallas.
Why is a raven like a writing desk ?
Raven has caws for thought.
Desk has cause for thought.
Poe wrote on both.
Thank you we need this
FANTASTIC! GOD BLESS
Excellent explanation....
Thank you very much that will help me in my exam
Fantastic explanation sir, thank you very much.👍👍👍🙏🙏
It's a dude. Yelling at a bird. This poem gives me endless amusement.
This is a very interesting and complete analysis, thank you !
However, I don't think Poe wrote this poem while mourning his wife : the Raven was written in 1845, and his wife died in 1847. I believed this poem was written in remembrance of other women he loved (sweathearts or close friends)
If you don't agree I'd be happy to know and understand your opinion
watching this for my eng-102 class thank u
this is connected to the 2020 final Raven game in Baltimore City - death and agony
thank you so much!! It helped me a lot! well done :)
Thanks so much for the analysis! It really helped!
Thanks for this analysis, it helped me alot:)
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Omg!! This helped so much Thank you :)
Love your analysis!
Thank you sir
Awesome, thank you
Thank you for this video. Thi is so helpful for my assignment. 💖
Salut, sir. You saved my day!
very helpful because our examination is tomorrow. thankyouu so much
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Good Job! God Bless
Thanks this is amazing!
Awesome explained 👌🏻👌🏻✌🏻👍🏼
Thank you. It's very helpful
Thank you, very helpful
Also worth mentioning is that there is a myth about Athena and a raven. In the myth, the raven was white, but it bore bad news or it lied (myths often vary) and something tragic happened. so she punished him by turning him black. T
EXCELLENT work, it was really helpful.
BTW...the music?
Watching for for English class lol hope i do well on the quiz
Damn this is a good analysis, thank you so much sir
Its currently 1:18 am right now and i have a grouping task on summarizing this later at 9 am HAHAHAHA
me chillin with this assignment due tomorrow in my room at 1 am
raven is a death itself and athena is a battle of love when you are alive then raven on top of athena is you must fight for your love until his death or before she is gone raven itself symbols that you must accept why your love leave after life death you accept it that it is been necesity then don't even blame and curse yourself despair vs hope death vs acceptance. that is my analysis
Hey, loved all the analysis. Is there any further information or the original source where you got the information about the goddess Athena? I need a credited source for my research paper and so far, have not had any luck.
Poe - ‘ look upon my works ye mighty and despair’ o that’s been done, dammit😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wonderful analysis 💋
hello i have a question please is the theme is implicit or explicit ? thanks
Anyone else here trying to figure our the relevance to "From" where this features on the blackboard in the first episode?
good analysis
Poet: let me just describe the color of the door: the door is red
Teacher: the color of the door (red) symbolises the grief and anger of the poet.
Poet: it just means the door is red
All details in Poes writing means something
Fantastic
Thanks sir I'm watching this in 2024
thank you
just to clarify in Pluto he means Greek god of the underworld not roman
It's scary but a different way, like depression, madness and grief.
How would you describe the ending of the poem?
So basically he’ll never be able to escape his pain. Hope that helps!
Thankq sir
I'm here before my poetry exam
Nice
_...what other way is there to interpret "nevermore"?..._ 🤔...
Analogy,abstraction, metaphor , aphorism, allegory.
Ravens talk wow
How many times the word occurs Nevermore.
Now I understand why this was used in the crow
Often the appearance of a raven is linked to Halloween time,
meaning a death-realm is near, but often it's only a warning
about some old aspect of us has to die, to leave place to something new and better:
ua-cam.com/video/fOG-N5ru8Lg/v-deo.html
Edgar Allan Poe never wrote "The Raven," he merely claimed it in a kind of 19th-century "identity theft." The poem's premiere was submitted anonymously to "American Review" under the pseudonym "---- Quarles" by the true author, Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poe, a literary critic for the New York "Evening Mirror," finding the poem in an advance copy of "American Review," scooped Mathew in his own paper by two days. Mathew had shared a copy of "The Raven" with Poe in early 1842, so Poe had a handwritten copy in his possession. This enabled him to convince his editor that he had permission to scoop "American Review"--but he mysteriously left the "Mirror" shortly afterwards (suggesting that he may have been fired for lying about it). It is the height of absurdity that the editor of a newly-launched monthly literary magazine like the "Review," would have given a daily newspaper this permission. The real author was not in a position to reveal his identity because of his anti-slavery work and connection with the Underground Railroad, and hence could not publicly defend himself. My paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier," can be downloaded from the following link, or it can be read by searching for the paper's title in Academia.edu.
www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_The_Raven.pdf
Can you link any other sources than your own research?
@@MoonyFBMlmao
But did Lenore die? Or was she just not with him anymore?
She died
Speaker mentions seeing her in heaven so dead
cool
Raven just being a menace for fun
doesnt the yelling sound like Anakin when he was turning into vader in the hospital bed??
Did he kill Lenore? And he knows he killed Lenore and he's just trying to lie to himself saying he didn't and the nevermore means nevermore which was probably her last words?
No
It’s a dude yelling at a bird
He just meant that if she didn't want to get physical, then she would nevermore get "it that way". And if she didn't want a husband, she could have as many as she wanted or none at all, and nevermore would she be forced to marry idiots. And if she didn't want to give physical birth to an ACTUAL HUMAN BABY, then she would nevermore get that chance. And she cried tears of "🥱 OK FINE IM PRETTY TIRED RIGHT NOW..."
😘 THIS IS HOW I 😴 AND HETFIELD TAUGHT ME THAT
I don't get it
Ravens can talk like parrots can which is cool lol.
Using this to impress a girl
amog us
that's a well made Corinthian helmet.