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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe
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The short stories and poetry of 19th-century American Edgar Allan Poe reflect the writer’s haunting imagination. “The Raven” (1845), one of Poe’s most famous poems, tells the tale of a poet lost in memories of his dead love, Lenore. A raven startles the poet and repeatedly answers his tormented questions about Lenore with the word, “Nevermore.” Recited here by an actor, the opening lines of “The Raven” set a gloomy tone characteristic of Poe’s style.
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American Literature: Poetry
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