"The Raven"

      This piece of literature is written by Edgar Allen Poe. "The Raven" is a great piece of literature that fits in with the idea of being a Gothic poem. First of all, Poe is a Gothic author and writes about dark stories. A few examples as to why this poem is Gothic are the key words raven, December, night, and dark. Also, the entire story is dark, and revolved around a mental man and a dark raven. Gothic literature means that everything occurs in the "dark". Even the plot of the story is dark.
      Saying that, the poem already starts scary when there is a tapping on the door. At first he thinks it is just the wind but then the creepy noise comes again. Therefor it means it is dark and scary. Throughout the novel, the black raven comes about and it starts talking to the man. This is called Anthropomorphism which could also be considered Gothic because these are dark thoughts that are unrealistic. In a Gothic poem, characters are in psychological and physical torment. This occurs in the poem, because the main character is psychologically ruined. He hears and sees things that are not there. It is as if he is disturbed. Finally, in Gothic literature a supernatural or other worldly element is present. In this case, it would be the raven that asked for the disturbed man's name.