Mrs Norton Poem Essay

John Eddings Pd. 3 Essay All poems have similar points that make them what they are. Each poem has one of many literary terms. Specific terms help to enhance the detail of “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. The first literary term to help enhance “The Raven” is imagery. The second term to create a deeper meaning in “The Raven” is mode. The final literary term that can be used is setting. One could support that the literary term imagery helped to enhance the poem “the Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. The main form of imagery in this poem is the raven itself. “In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;”(Poe 300). This shows imagery because while Poe was rambling about his long lost Lenore the only living soul around was the Raven. Another example is shown in the poem of “The Raven”. “on the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before”(Poe 300). This proves imagery of “The Raven” because the raven Is Poe’s last hope of having a companion. Both quotes support that there is a deeper meaning than a lonely man talking to an estranged raven. The second literary term that could help enhance “The Raven” meaning is the mode. The mode of this poem is how Poe responds to each passage he writes. “here I open wide the door;- Darkness there and nothing more”(Poe 299). By answering the passage with darkness a person could get the sense that Edgar Allen Poe was depressed. On line 36 another ending passage shows the mode. “Tis the wind and nothing more” (Poe 299). This proves how quiet and lonely poem was sitting as he wrote this poem.

The final literary term to help enhance this poem would be the setting. “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December” (Poe 298). This enhances the story because it gives the reader an idea when the Poe was writing “The Raven”. The beginning of a poem is one of the best places to look for the setting. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” (Poe 298). This enhances the poem because it gives the image of the night and long it must have taken him to write this poem. In Conclusion, one could say that all poems have unique qualities which make them what they are. In each poem a literary term is used to help enhance the reader’s attention. Edgar Allen Poe in his poem of “The Raven” used these literary terms to enhance the poem. One of the literary terms he used was imagery. The second term Poe used was the mode. This setting was because it was one of the literary terms that helped him to enhance his poetry the most giving readers the mental image he is writing about.