poe was famous for his highly structured lysic poetry that used rhythm and repetition to create dreadful moods.
The Raven is perhaps the most famous poem written by Poe and follows a narrator who laments the death of his one true love, Lenore.A raven visits the bereaved man, who believes the bird was sent from the underworld. The man then asks the raven a number of questions regarding his lost love. Despite the man's anguish,the raven repeatedly answers with only the word "Nevermore." This repetition only increases the narrator's anguish,yet the poem does not seek to reconcile the situation in order to provide a moral lesson.
In accordance with Poe's literary theory,the poem conveys a feeling
of hopelessness, coupled with an eerie mood, which became Poe's
defining literary style.