Blog Assignment: Response to "The Raven"

Why do you suppose Poe's narrative poem, "The Raven", has stood the test of time? What do people find so frighting about this poem 166 years after it was first published?


I feel that the poem "the Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe has stood the test of time because I feel that the poem creates a vary suspenseful and creepy mood to the poem, the situation in the poem isn't that scary; but from the way Poe writes his word, the poem just flows in a weird way that makes it suspenseful. In my opinion creepy and suspenseful is good for a poem it makes you want to keep reading. It also has a story to it which makes it more  interesting then a description poem.
The poem has stood the test of time because I feel the poem is a good learning tool for people who are just starting to write poems. The stanzas in the poem i think have good repetition with its rimes that help the poem flow. The poems stanzas are set up 1-2-3-2-2-2, so the poem could be used or was used for an example for the pattern of its stanzas.  


Therefore the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem in my opinion with a scary,creepy, and suspenseful mood that catches the reader to keep reading. As well the poem is a create tool for teachers or students for teaching and learning.