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Edgar Allen Poe And The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe is an American writer, editor, and literary critic. He was born January 19, 1809 and died October 7, 1849. He is best known for his poems and short stories. He wrote things like The Tell Tale Heart, Spirits Of The Dead, Lenore, and The Raven. The Raven is his most famous poem. The Raven is a poem that takes place late and night and in the cold nights of December. A man is sitting in his room, half reading half asleep. All of a sudden he hears a knocking at the door. The man goes to open the door to find nothing there. This freaks the man out a little bit and then suddenly, the raven flies. The raven sits above the door and the man starts to talk to it. He asks for his name and the raven responds with “Nevermore”. The man continues to ask him questions and they start to get more painful and personal, but still the Raven has the same response. The man starts to get very annoyed and upset at the raven. He starts hollering at him to leave and the raven responds with, “Nevermore”. This poem was written after his mistress Lenore had died. As the questions got more painful and personal, he started asking the raven is he was ever going to see his love again. But, he got the same response. He loved his mistress very much and is in deep sorrow that she is gone and that he may never see her again. Sound devices are used to reinforce the meaning of the poem. To create meaning using sound devices poets use a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional

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