There are two main images in The Crow, namely the crow and the young man. A man has just lost his beloved wife, so he is addicted to books and tries to forget all kinds of sadness in real life. Obviously, indulging in books did not alleviate his pain. The more he reads, the heavier his inner pain and loneliness will be. During that time, the crow symbolizing death and ominous breath often flew to the small house where he often dated his late lover Renault. In addition, poetry has also created an important artistic conception that is helpful to the sublimation of the theme, one of which is black. Black is a solid color. It has been said that pure color is an emotional color that can make people feel happy or depressed, thus causing men to have strong fear and sadness. In poetry, the word "never come again" appears repeatedly because it has rich symbolic significance in poetry. For example, when a crow appears, the man asks what the crow is called, and the crow gives the man the answer "Never again". However, when the young man asked what medicine could effectively reduce his yearning for Renault, when he wanted to know whether he could meet Renault in heaven, and when he finally asked the crow to leave his hut, the crow replied "Never again". It is also because of this word that men fall into the abyss of eternal pain.
The theme of the whole poem is death, disillusionment and mourning except love. The purpose of poetry lies in the sublimation of the soul, and the melancholy beauty ensures the whole process of realizing the sublimation of the soul. This is the spiritual core of edgar allan poe's poetics, and it is also the purpose of the novel The Crow in Never Coming Again. (Quoted from Wang Junyue's Analysis of the Artistic Charm of Poe's Poem The Raven)