The writer of these words was enchanted by darkness...thrilled by death.

What sort of person would spend their whole life linking hands with Death

and her counterparts? Quite possibly a literary genius by the name of Edgar

Allan Poe. Famous for romanticizing the darker, more Gothic side of life, E.

A. Poe had quite a collection of works from his lesser known stories to his

most famous poem, "The Raven". This great man's life has been analyzed to

death (no pun intended) to find key's to unlock the maze of his apparent

creativity. Here, the reader will find only an in depth look at "The Raven",

information on the author's life and lifestyle, a brief look at other Poe

works, criticism on his writings, and some unusual ways his fame has been

honored . To begin with, "The Raven" holds a dark sense of elegance which

has been appealing to many since it was written in 1845.

The theme of "The Raven" is simple: a man suffering the loss of his

love is visited by a speaking raven, whose repetitious, meaningless answers

torture him to the point of insanity (see Appendix R) (Decoder, Internet).

The feeling of lost love portrayed in the poem might have

must be noted that Poe borrowed the form he used for stanzas in "The

all in the Scripture represented by darkness or

him, named, creatively enough, The Edgar Allan Poe Library (Qrisse,

positive nor negative) of the apparent recurring themes in Poe's works.

In his later life, he used fake identities for reasons unknown. (ex. Henri Le

It is a common misconception that Poe was entirely "dark" and all of

poetry is unreadable. . . . The school of literature to which Poe belongs, and

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