Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven

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The gothic genre incorporates romantic, mystery and horror elements, this genre first began popular in the late 18th century and still popular today. The Raven is a narrative poem by writer Edgar Allen Poe which incorporates Gothic Themes, Poetry Devices, Sound Devices perfectly.

The Raven starts off with an unknown narrator reading in his chamber, he is reminiscing about his lost love Lenore. He hears a knocking at his door, but when he opens the door no one is there. Once he goes back into his chamber a raven flies in and starts saying ‘nevermore. The narrator then does something quite interesting yet strange, he keeps asking questions to the raven, eventhough he knows what the answers will be. The poem eventually ends with the narrator