First published in 1845, &quot;The Raven&quot; by Edgar Allan Poe is a narrative poem of a young man who is bereaved by the death of the woman he loved. He compulsorily constructs self-destructive meaning around a raven&rsquo;s repetition of the word &#39;Nevermore&#39;, until he finally despairs of being reunited with his beloved Lenore in another world.<br />Just because of the nightmarish effect, the poem cannot be called an elegy. In fact, &quot;The Raven&quot; is a ballad of eighteen six-line stanzas with decidedly emphatic meter and rhymes.