The Raven

...Quoth the Raven, ""Nevermore."" ""The Raven"" is a classic narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word ""Nevermore"". The poem makes use of a number of folk, mythological, religious, and classical references. Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically and methodically, intending to create a poem that would appeal to both critical and popular tastes, as he explained in his 1846 follow-up essay, ""The Philosophy of Composition"". The poem was inspired in part by a talking raven in the novel Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty by Dickens. 9781365148019 1365148017 33 BOOK http://books.google.com/books/content?id=LVxGDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Edgar Allan Poe
• | Publisher: Lulu.Com
• | Publication Date: May 28, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 32 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1365148017
• | ISBN-13: 9781365148019