“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe is a narrative poem about a man’s depression for his lost love. The main conflict centers around the fact that the narrator seems to be struggling with the raven, but in reality he is struggling with himself over the loss of his love. In a bleak December, the narrator hears a knock a at his chamber door, when he goes to investigate, he finds no one is there.

He assumes it is his lost love Lenore. Once again, he hears a tapping, this time coming from the window and when he looks he sees a raven. The man finds humor in the raven and is able to communicate with the raven. All the raven can say is “nevermore”. When the man asks if his love has gone to heaven and if he will ever see her again, the raven replies “nevermore”. The man loses himself to his depression, and his spirit is lifted forever.