I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed

To me this poem was about a woman and her new born child. The woman states that she was born a woman and can not help the burdens that come along with that. When she talks about the weight of another upon her breast I think she was referring to breast feeding a child. In the end it sounds like she places the child up for adoption and hopes when they meet again later in life her child will forgive her and speak to her.

The Raven

Poe seems to always knows how to get you thinking and get you interested with his writings. The poem is revolved around a man and his loss of his love. During his time of depression he meats a talking raven which to me represents all that is evil. The man begins to talk to the bird and the bird uses the word "nevermore" a lot. At first the bird interests him but he soon gets sick of the birds precense and insists that the bird must leave. The raven continues to call out "nevermore" and the man always feels as though the bird is close by.