The Raven

Wow, their were many lines that stuck out and kind of scared me. I see the Raven as a bad omen or a transporter of death. "Prophet" said, "Thing of evil"-prophet still, if bird or devil' by that heaven that bends above us- by that god we both adore" This line seems scary and very freaky at the same time. I believe he kind of see's the devil as evil and he knows what that raven brings with him, and it being death.

"And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, 'Lenore!' This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, 'Lenore!' How much scary does it get. The man's second wife is dying in the next room and he is hearing from outside echoes of the same name he whispered. Then the poor guy runs into a raven, that only say nevermore. It seems to me he has the worst of luck and some pretty scary moments in life.

This poem is about as anti transcendentalist as one can possibly get. for example, "What this grim, ungainly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore, meant in croaking 'Nevermore" A transcendentalist would never question themselves, they go on their intuition. Which is given to and through them by god, god speaks through them. "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demons that is dreaming" A transcendentalist would never speak of demons or anything remotely scary. They were all about the environment and admiring and loving it. The Transcendentalist definitely never spoke of any horror but the good things in life.