plot of the raven

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What do you think the plot of the raven was ?

-- Anonymous, September 21, 2003

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Bereaved lover during a dreary nighttime memory jag gets trapped by his own rathetic fallacy into debating himself into despair. After removing all comfort from his memories he is still trapped with them. The bird omen he endowed with power of poetic attorney likewise remains.

-- Anonymous, September 22, 2003

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