The Raven The Raven "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 distress the protagonist with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of folk, mythological, religious, and classical references.
Poems by Edgar Allan Poe reality. Its title was attached when it was published in "Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems" in 1829. "A Dream Within a Dream" was first published in 1849, the year of Poe's death, and asks if all life is really a dream. First published in the June 1844 issue of "Graham's Magazine", "Dream-Land" (also called "Dreamland") was the only poem Poe published that year. It was quickly republished in a June 1845 edition of the "Broadway Journal". This lyric poem consists of five stanzas, with the first and last being nearly identical. The dream-voyager arrives in a place beyond time