The poem "The Raven" is about a man who lost his true love and tries to ease the pain or "sorrow for the lost Lenore" (DiVanni, 721), by reading old books to keep his mind occupied. ... He gets up hoping that his lost love Lenore is outside, but as he opens the door he finds "darkness there and nothing more" (DiVanni, 722). ... and Can Lenore be found in paradise? ... The poem also mentions how miserable it is outside. ... Poe chose Beauty for the theme of the poem stating, " Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem"...

• Word Count: 722
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• Grade Level: High School

"The Raven" is about a man who lost his true love and tries to ease the pain or "sorrow for the lost Lenore" (DiVanni, 721), by reading old books to keep his mind occupied. ... and "Can Lenore be found in paradise?" ... Another symbol is the bust of Pallas that the raven is perched on throughout most the poem. ... The poem also mentions how miserable it is outside. ... Poe chose beauty for the theme of the poem and summarizes reasons for this theme: Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem. ...

• Word Count: 709
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His belief that creation was impossible without the insertion of forms of discipline provoked him to repeatedly revise his poems. ... This is also made apparent in both Petit poemes en prose and Le spleen de Paris, a collection of prose poems in which he seeks a mysterious sort of beauty in the ugliness of the modern city. ... A vast amount of his poetry refers to some sort of lost paradise. His poem, La chevelure, exemplifies such a fact as it recalls brief moments of pure happiness in distant tropical locations. ... He has this notion reflected in many of his poems including Une martyre, i...

• Word Count: 1229
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate