How Does Edgar Allan Poe Create Tension In The Raven

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1 Andrew Day Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s The RavenEnglish part 2 James MadisonMarch 28, 2018The Raven by Poe is a poem about losing a loved one his dear beloved Lenore. Poe uses atmosphere and tension in his poem. Narrated from the first- person pointof view, the poem conveys with dramatic immediacy, the speaker’s shift from weary, sorrowful, to state of nervousness.In stanzas 5-10 Poe paints a picture of cold and darkness conveying a feel of loneliness and rest lessens. “Weak and worn without grief, “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.In stanzas 20-25 Raven conveys the feeling of loneliness and darkness. “And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce as sure I heard you “- here I