Though I had difficulty getting books from the library, I did find one unexpected source. I discovered a neighbour with a library. After hours of reading and discussions have come to the conclusion that of all the poems I have discovered while researching this essay, I was particularly struck by "The Raven" written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a poem that will stay with me. I will try to give you my thoughts and feelings on this poem in the following essay.

I will explain my feelings verse by verse through the whole poem.

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore -

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

" 'T is some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door -

The first verse is a man remembering the past, remembering how weak and weary he felt. He remembers himself almost falling asleep next to the fire and a good book, and as he is just about asleep he hears a tapping at the door, which he considers is a visitor that he want to igno

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! I shrieked, upstarting -

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Approximate Word count = 2313
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)