Unusual Loyalty In 'The Three Ravens'

“Unusual Loyalty”
Ravens are described in the poem “The Three Ravens” as wild, greedy, and mischievous birds. Although, that may not be how every person would choose to describe them thus is how they are portrayed to the reader, and the ravens are surprised and thrown off by the actions of the other animals. Secondly, the hounds and the hawks are acting abnormally to how nature usually portrays them, they act loyally to the knight like a human would instead of being aggressive. Thirdly, the doe would usually run or hide at the sight of a human, but it was the saviour of the knight’s body as it carried and buried the knight in a spot of peace to protect the body. This act is very humane and not the normal behaviour an animal would usually have. The paradox in this poem mostly is associated with hound, hawk, and the doe as these animals would be acting more so wild and cautious towards a human instead of acting
In “The three Ravens” the reader is led to expect that the ravens are going to eat the knight that has been slain, but we discover that not every animal in this poem such as the hounds, hawks, and the doe act as nature