Shall we descend into madness Shall we be haunted by our own desires Shall we be consumed by that terrible facet of life known only as death Shall we cling to what cannot be reanimated Shall we wish for a return of something that has long been in darkness Shall we become obliterated by the brutal finality of such a statement as never Lenore has gone She has departed from this life, and is permanently out of the reach of the man The raven represents the solidarity of this Despite how much he long [...]

Never Read this poem, listen to this poem and study the drawings of Gustave Dore and know this is a unique masterpiece Hauntingly beautiful Brooding, dark, desperate, mysterious These starting lines are famous I think Once upon a midnight dreary,while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volumeof forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping,suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping,rapping at my chamber door Tis some visiter, I muttered, tapping at my cham [...]

Happy Halloween, EAP This is probably the best poem in history ever to have sold for 9 But what is it about That s a difficult question The poem has undeniable power, but its power as in much of Poe is not entirely susceptible of rational explication First, there s the sheer liturgical music of the poem, as evidenced from the very opening lines Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping, su [...]

First you must read the introductory stanza from Edgar Allan Poe s famous poem, The Raven And then I ll provide a short review Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door Only this and nothing And this is what will happen to you once you read it Y [...]

Am I the only one creeped out by ravens Every time I hear mention of them I shudder I mean, come on Have you ever heard one croak Second question have you ever heard a tree full of them croak I have There I was, minding my own business, just trying to walk home from the bus stop I didn t even see them until I was directly beneath the tree I heard this strange rustling sound and thought it was weird because the leaves had already fallen Naturally, I paused to look up What was I met with Okay, may [...]

Once upon a midnight dreary,while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volumeof forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping,suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping,rapping at my chamber door Tis some visiter, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door Only this, and nothing I had started reading the Raven before but was never able to quite get through it When I came across this illustrated version at my library I decided to give it another shot The illustr [...]

You know the place between sleep and wake, the place where you can still remember dreaming, it s a worst place to be in when you no longer can sleep nor can dream.we,the humans are a doomed species who ever breathed on planet earth, the moments we cherish turns into memories, the things we desire become wishes, the people we love turns into strangers, and the present we live becomes past We all live our dear life with a feel of loss, we all devise altered approaches to seek peace, we all at some [...]

Look who s tweeting now Fear for fear s sake Delusions empowered Heard it on The Scarecrow News last night A tale of ominous foreboding Tapping, rapping, something happening in the world, filling the soul with fear and worry What happened last night in the barren field The Scarecrow shouts it out Who would believe it The ravens We let many in, and it has caused problems we wouldn t have thought possible But what happened Rumours spread Thousands and thousands of ravens attacked the Scarecrow in [...]

Y pensar que Edgar Allan Poe recibi tan s lo 10 d lares por su poema m s famoso y uno de los m s memorables en la historia de la literatura Originalmente hab a pensado en llamarlo The Parrot , pero la elecci n del cuervo le dio un lustre m s oscuro de l gubre desasosiego ante la p rdida de su querida Lenore La aliteraci n utilizada en el poema es nica como en el caso de su otro poema The Bells , y ser eterno Forever

So what do you do when you can t sleep even the clock tell you its 2 o clock of the night You creep yourself out by reading creepy poems where a Raven talks back to you, saying NeverStill can t sleep Listen to this rendition It mostly scares the daylights out of me Here are two of my most favorite passages, which I could once, long time back, in another lifetime, recite by roteDeep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared t [...]

Eagerly I wished the morrowVainly I had sought to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow,sorrow for the lost LenoreFor the rare and madien whom the angels named Lenore Nameless here for ever And the raven,never flitting, still is sitting, still is sittingOn the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber doorAnd his eyes have all the seeming of a demon s that is dreamingAnd the lamp light o er him streaming throws his shadow on the floorAnd my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the [...]

The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe The Raven is a 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 [...]

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping something louder thanbefore WoW What a poem it is I am not into poems that much but this poem is exceptionally awesome I couldn t stop reading this I have read this poem at least 3 times by now It s just that amazing Once you started, you couldn t be able to stop until the end I have fallen in love with this poem of E A Poe Madly I have even downloaded its audio version And that s also really great I will [...]

I m not big fan of poetry but I really loved this one Maybe it s because I listened to version read by Christopher Lee you can find it on youtube , and it s universal rule that everything is better when heard in voice of Christopher Lee, but this is my favorite work of Poe so far.

La primera vez que le esta historia fue hace 12 a os aproximadamente En aquel entonces era una pobre diabla puberta que empezaba a leer por placer y no obligaci n, y siguiendo lo pretenciosa que era yo en aquel entonces le a puros cl sicos, en especial de terror Y este fue el primer cuento que le de Edgar Allan Poe, no recuerdo bien que sent o pens aquella primera vez que lo le Probablemente nisiquiera lo entend o lo interprete de una manera s per alucinada El punto es que siempre e considerado [...]

I write this review as someone who dislikes poetry, or maybe I should say, before I m attacked by the poetry police, that I have disliked every poem forced down my throat by well meaning sadistic teachers Someone please explain the antithetical concept of a well meaning sadist I m afraid I might have made that up and it makes no sense The Raven I enjoyed Perhaps because of its length For me, a poem can t be too long The longer the poem, the higher my risk of death probably through suicide before [...]

I read this yesterday for probably the 150th time and want to say thanks to dear old Edgar I teach therapeutic writing to some quite reluctant students They literally groan when they see me coming Each class I struggle to find material that they will relate to in some small way I chose this standard out of equal parts desperation and resignation and it worked Eyes lit up Comments were made Unity of effect in good poetry was discussed Thank you, Edgar Allan Poe, you saved my butt As to the poem i [...]

Death and SorrowA tragic and creepy poem about a RAVEN who hauntingly appears as a spirit rapping on a man s door who is distraught over the loss of his love Lenore or did the man murder Lenore and the Raven came to collect his soul The last verse And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Never.

Wonderful art captures the impending doom that permeates this poem listen to Christopher Lee recite this poem on YouTube as you turn the pagesSENDS SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before One of the most hauntingly beautiful, and influential, poems of our time, The Raven was the first work I read by Edgar Allan Poe, the first time many, many years ago.It s stayed with me since then, most solidly in the form of the audio narration by the late Christopher Lee youtube watch v Befli If you haven t listened to this piece of art, I d recommend doing so [...]

Just one suggestion, if someone wants to read this poem he she should read it in a cold winter night when fog is pressing against the window and dew drops are wetting the window panes In utter silence, read it aloud,or in whispers perhaps And you will know why Poe was a genius.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood therewondering, fearingDoubting, dreamingdreams no mortal ever dared to dream before The Raven is about loss of a loved one and will stick with you, maybe even haunt your dreams for a few nights I picked up the Kindle version for free and I was instantly reminded why this is one of my favorite poems There is a long preface before it, which I found interesting But if you just want to read the poem, you can use the index and click on The Poem The prose [...]

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I ve read this so many times I ve lost count, but I still adore it The imagery, the creepiness, the frenetic cadence it takes on when read aloud Pure awesomeness I try to read it every Halloween.

Un poema cargado de devoci n un conflicto entre el recuerdo de alguien que se fue y el deseo de olvidarlo para siempre.

The Raven is a poem that can be appreciated on several levels, not the least of which is construction One of the most perfectly constructed alliterative poems ever penned, who has not thrilled to and the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain It trips off the tongue and at the same time it calls up a perfect image of a Gothic library with heavy curtains that should not, but do, rustle.It is a study in loneliness, mourning, stress and madness As the narrator tells us the tale of t [...]

I never understood Poe, so never truly enjoyed him The I read fiction the better I can understand what I used to consider difficult pieces To borrow an old cliche like analogy, I saw this through 3D glasses Poe literally transcends the mind to the place, the feel of the environment I saw the images like I saw through the author s eyes Amazing When you can do that to someone with words on a page you ve achieved greatness.