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The Raven This is my favorite piece of work done by Poe. It's a great poem. The raven is a dark gloomy poem about how he misses his love Lenore. This poem is about Lenore, who is his wife, who died of a hopeless illness. This poem is built around the word nevermore. I think the meaning behind this is that Poe will never see Lenore again and wishes some day he could but just won't happen. Through the poem Poe changed his ways a bit. He first started out that he was weary of the thought of Lenore until a tapping came upon his door. And every tap on his door, that brought him closer to the remembrance of his love, Lenore. Also through the poem he saddens quit a lot because he has witnessed no one at his door and he thinks its Lenore's Spirit. Poe also feels frustration, being troubled and his in a mood of sorrow. Poe has the color of mourning hanging in his room. Purple curtains, which represents mourning and death. He sits in his house read