Project Gutenberg 2014-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 286 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 Poe, Edgar Allen Andrew, George T. Taylor, William Ladd 1854 1926 Taylor, W. L. (William Ladd) The Raven Illustrated Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #45484 (Many Sepia Illustrations) #17192 (Many Black and White Illustrations) #1065 (Plain HTML file with no illustrations Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is a narrative poem written in the 19th century, specifically in the 1840s. This poem is a quintessential piece of Gothic literature that delves into themes of grief, loss, and the supernatural. It captures the dark and melancholic atmosphere common to Poe's works, exploring the mind of a man mourning the loss of his beloved Lenore. The poem unfolds in a dimly lit room where the speaker, engulfed in sorrow for Lenore, experiences a mysterious visitation by a raven. This raven, embodying a spectral presence, speaks the single word “Nevermore,” which becomes a haunting refrain throughout the poem. As the speaker converses with the bird, he grapples with his despair and questions about life after death, love, and hope, ultimately realizing that the raven's message signifies the permanence of his grief. The interplay of the speaker's emotions and the ominous presence of the raven creates a sense of inevitable doom, emphasizing the inescapable nature of despair and the haunting memories of lost love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ravens -- Poetry Fantasy poetry, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Browsing: Fiction 47556 47568 2024-09-19T06:29:47.909521 2023-09-19T17:36:40.552666 text/html text/html 44836 2019-08-09T10:25:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 9847169 2019-08-09T10:26:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 6756762 2024-09-19T06:29:53.600544 application/epub+zip 6748662 2024-09-19T06:29:49.731500 application/epub+zip 57735 2024-09-19T06:29:48.502510 application/epub+zip 6801833 2024-09-19T06:29:56.250468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6799967 2024-09-19T06:29:52.210494 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122738 2022-09-20T18:13:37.945562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29881 2024-09-19T06:29:47.421523 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29944 2016-10-06T07:17:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 10312 2016-10-06T07:20:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 29711 2014-04-24T13:47:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10225 2014-04-24T13:48:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20722 2024-09-19T06:29:56.488471 application/rdf+xml 10605 2024-09-19T06:29:48.836507 image/jpeg 2860 2024-09-19T06:29:48.667511 image/jpeg 6665354 2024-09-19T06:29:48.025540 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia