Blog Assignment: Response to "The Raven"
Why do you suppose Poe's narrative poem, "The Raven", has stood the test of time? What do people find so frighting about this poem 166 years after it was first published?


I feel that the poem "the Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe has stood the test of time because I feel that the poem creates a  suspence and scary mood to the poem, the situation in the poem from the way Poe writes his word, the poem just flows in a weird way that makes it suspenseful. In my opinion scary and suspenseful is good for a poem it makes you want to keep reading. It also has a story to it which makes it more  interesting then a description poem.
The poem has stood the test of time because I feel the poem is unusawell and scary and people like that. The stanzas in the poem i think have good repetition in its rimes that help the poem flow smoothly. The poems stanzas are set up 1-2-3-2-2-2, so the poem could be used or was used for an example for the pattern of its stanzas.  


Therefore the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem in my opinion with a scary, and suspenseful mood that attracts the reader and keeps them reading. As well the poem is great for teachers or students for teaching and learning.