In all these cases, night time and darkness have hidden the truth; it is where both people and things escape reality. These concepts of darkness and night time set the mood for the entire poem; it gives the work a very spooky tone. Accompanying the image of darkness is that of death.
Poe's poems are often on the subjects of death or dying. Such poems include The Raven, Lenore, The Tell-tale Heart, Dreams and The Doomed City. These poems have a preoccupation with death or dying, which is parallel to Poe's morbid personality. In comparison with death, many of his works include the use of angel symbolism. These angels often act as a foreshadowing for death to come, or as a way of showing that someone has died. In the poem, The Raven, the reader knows right away that Lenore is dead, " whom the angels name Lenore- There are many symbols in certain poems and tales that are unique to them alone.
Edgar Allan Poe's most famous, well-known poem is called The Raven. It is a dark, mysterious tale of a man's descent into madness. The Raven contains a great deal of symbolism and imagery, the most obvious being the raven itself. Typically, a raven represents evil, darkness and death. This applies to the poem, but there are other possible meanings. The raven could represent a messenger of death telling the narrator that he shall see his love, Lenore "nevermore". The raven could also represent an angel sent by God to comfort the mourning narrator. This idea is supported by the quote, " Other friends have flown before - On the morrow he will leave me- The raven may represent Charon, the boatman of the River Styx, "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!" Pluto is the lord of the underworld; the River Styx, as well as the shore all belong to him. This symbolizes that the raven has transported Lenore to the underworld, to be seen "nevermore".
The weather sets an image of chaos outside, which drastically contrasts with the calmness of the narrator's chamber.
