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THE RAVEN
"Edgar Allan Poe." Image. bc. 12 Feb. 09 "A Raven." Image. funkman. 12 Feb. 09 Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Elements of Literature: Fifth Course. Austin: hoh, Rinehart and Winston, 2008. 298-301. Bloom, Harold. "Thematic Analysis of "The Raven"." Bloom's Major Poets: Edgar Allan Poe (Jan. 1999): 46-49. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 18 Feb. 2009 . Poe, Edgar Allan and Price Vincent. "The Raven-Edgar Allan Poe." YouTube. 18 Feb. 2009. .
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1.In 1948, "The Raven" was published by a New York newspaper. 2.Poe is considered to be the "father" of horror. 3. "The Raven" is like a song with rythme, rhyme, alliteration, and other sound effects. 4. The poem is set at the narrator's house in the middle of the night. 5.The melancholy effect of the poem is based on a lover morning over the loss of a beautiful woman. 6. Poe uses alliteration in line 71: "What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore." 7. Poe created a melancholy refrain which is repeated "nevermore." 8. He uses internal ryme like "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..." 9. "The Raven" made Poe a household name and launched his poetic career. 10. Poe used personification by giving a raven the ability to talk.
Facts
Poe launched his career with "The Raven" and traveled around the country reading it. He published "The Philosophy of Composition" which describes how Poe wrote the poem. It is 108 lines which is close to 100 which he said is the ideal length for a poem. It has 18 stanzas, five octometer lines, and a tetrameter refrain. It begins with the narrator morning for his lost love "Lenore". He is isolated in his home one night when he hears somebody at his door. It is a raven perched on a bust of Homer, who represents wisdom. Poe uses a talking raven to create a melancholy effect and all it says is "nevermore". It is said to be "demonic" or self grieving. It has haunted readers since it was written and is full of mystery. Poe went on to be the father of horror and write many more famous mysterious poems.
"The Raven" Performed by Vincent Price
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