I think the raven in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” symbolizes something abstract, something that you can’t touch, instead of just a black bird. The Raven kept on saying “Nevermore” to Poe, thus reminding him of the fact that he will never see his wife again. Therefore, I think the raven represents the grief and sorrow that the writer feels. I think Edgar Allen Poe chose a raven to carry this symbolic meaning because a raven is black. A black bird is very suitable for representing dark thoughts. Using a chicken would totally ruin the effect. Ravens are birds that usually represent death in stories, because ravens eat the corpse of dead animals. Most stories that have ravens in it are often very creepy or scary; I remember one story about a family that lives in the woods. The family starts getting a dead raven on their front porch one day, and they find one every day. Sometimes the raven is pinned to their door by a nail, and the family was really scared. The father of the family eventually went crazy and died, but the son was very brave, and he found out that somebody was setting bird traps in the woods and purposely giving them to his family, hoping to drive them crazy.
thats really good i wrote something like yours but my got different reason why he uses the black bird but good job
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