The RavenThe Raven written by Edgar Allan Poe is a very famous poem. "The most obvious symbol is the raven itself. Poe uses the raven non-reasoning because he wants to make us wonder why he chose the raven over all the other birds and frustrate us by asking why the raven never repeats the word again. He is surprised to hear the bird talk and thinks that no living human has ever had a bird sit there and talk to him, and with a name like Nevermore This might be the point where he realizes that he is dying questions are already known, but in a in this way it helps to illustrate the self-torture that the narrator exposes himself to. Another symbol is Pallas. It seemed that the bird had a purpose for being there Greek goddess of wisdom. Why does he somehow try to make us believe that the raven speaks for wisdom? Or was Poe simply using a word that only some could interpret? And the Raven, never fluttering, is still sitting, still Sul is sitting pale bust of Pallas just above my bedroom door; And his eyes have all the appearance of a demon who is dreaming, And the light of the lamp above him streams casts its shadow upon the floor; and my soul from that shadow that lies floating on the floor will NEVER be relieved AGAIN." Through this quote the bird has disobeyed him and sits above the door staring at him. His soul is caught in the shadow of bird as she dies and is raised to the sky and her beautiful Lenore. Poe uses midnight and December for the time the story takes place because they both represent the end of something, and also the anticipation of something new comes a new year and also a new day; and December represents the end of a year. In the end, when I imagine the room where the narrator is placed, he remembers the past, he remembers how weak and tired he felt alone and in pain, and the richly furnished room reminds him of his lost love,