The Raven

The poem, "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, shows many signs of Dark Romanticism. The raven represents evil and death. In the poem, he is talking about his wife, Lenore and how death has taken her from him. Then a raven appears at his window and is almost moking him. He says ""Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!--". This shows that he believes that this bird is responsible for the death of his angle, Lenore. Another line that stuck out to me and showed Dark Romanticism is when he said"Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer." This shows Dark Romanticism because he is talking about everything seeming to grow dark and evil because of the raven's presence.