In the raven, to you personally, what does the raven represent? (this is a personal question that id like your opinion on) i need real opinions for this essay pls make it a long

Now that's a tricky question, One may translate it as the raven being his inner self reminding him that he may never see his love again. Telling him nevermore every time he see allusions or think of her. because in the beginning he heard a knock and thought it was his love. some may say that the raven is a demon telling him that he would never be happy again. so the raven could mean many things.

Some of the reasons that Poe chose this bird instead of a parrot is because it has a melancholy tone, it picks carcasses, it is a sign of ill-omen, and it is black. Black is a reminder of sorrow, darkness, evil, death, lack of insight, and mourning. These are all disturbing attributes of this bird and these show that a raven is not something you would want at your door in the middle of the night. When Poe first started writing this poem, he knew he had to have a bird that could talk, yet was non-sentient, non-thinking, and non-reasoning. So he had the choice of a parrot or a raven. As you can tell from above, the raven is more fitting for his intention.