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 There is a death of the body that is silence, the speaker says, that should not be mourned. He does, however, warn against the silent death of the soul. The poem that would become "The Sleeper" went through many revised versions. First, in the 1831 collection "Poems of Edgar A. Poe", it appeared with 74 lines as "Irene." It was 60 lines when it was printed in the Philadelphia "Saturday Courier" on May 22, 1841. Poe considered it one of his best compositions, according to a note he sent to fellow author James Russell Lowell in 1844. Like many of