In this article, Poe said that he "considered an effect from the beginning." And think, "Which effect should I choose?" Once the effect is determined, it is also a story. Then began to search for "plot and mood" that meets this effect.
He pointed out that many writers are ashamed to say that they are people who "elaborately decorate" their articles, but prefer to say that their works are inspired by an emotion. But Poe didn't think so. He said that it is also a very interesting process to tell how he conceived his work.
Then Poe began to tell how crows were born. We dare to say that this part is fictional, but it can also reflect Poe's writing thought. )
First, the length of the poem should not be too long, otherwise the reader will interfere with the complete reading because of official business.
Second, the tone of poetry-of course, it is still beautiful.
Third, how beautiful is it? The beauty of tragedy.
Fourth, we have the effect and tone, and now we begin to consider the tone of poetry. (Poe's songs and poems are basically rhythmic and musical. ) Select the effect of overlapping songs.
Fifth, choose what rhyme to use in overlapping sentences. In order to be infectious, Poe chose O+R. In line with the tone, Poe "must not miss the word' never again'".
6. How to use this word repeatedly? -Who wants to read it? Unreasonable. Animals, what kind of animals is that? Parrot? Oh, a crow (crow, there is a kind of crow that can learn to talk). [What else do you say? The crow itself means never to come back, which is in the Bible Genesis. It also conforms to the tone of the poem.
Seven, in all the themes, is there a very sad theme? Death. Whose death is related to beauty? The death of a beautiful woman, of course. This is very poetic.
So the protagonist of the whole poem is defined as: "an affectionate man who lost his beauty."
Analyze the protagonist's reaction to the repeated use of "Never Super Life". I wasn't too surprised at first, then I woke up, then I was afraid, and then I began to torture myself.
Nine, write down one of the paragraphs, the most critical paragraph. At the same time, it determines the rhythm of sentences.
X. choose the scene where the plot takes place. Finally, it is selected as a closed space. Then it analyzes some plot details. Start to complete the plot with article 8.
Finally, Poe made an extremely rational analysis of the plot of the whole poem-completely different from what I read: a young scholar missed his wife who had just died at home, and the crow slapped his window, thinking that the protagonist with a visitor opened it and the crow flew in. The young man thought it was "interesting" and asked the crow's name. I didn't expect the crow who learned the tongue to answer with a "never again", and then said to himself in surprise. The crow repeatedly replied with "never again", and the poet began to "know the past" in fear and further fell into a sad self-abuse situation.
Then "readers will regard the crow as a symbol"-"There is no endless mourning."
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This is the general idea of the article "Creative Philosophy" that I summarized before. This article is a simple summary of Poe's analysis of his poem The Raven.