The Raven, Beauty and grief go hand in foot.

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about the human thirst for self-torture. The narrator is trying to find relief “surcease of sorrow” from his grief at the death of his love, Lenore. Beauty and grief are only slightly removed from each other; they both have the capacity to move a man to tears. This poem uses symbolism to describe beauty and inevitability.
Inevitability, that is what “The Raven” symbolizes. The dark and gloomy appearance of the raven hel...