One of the most famous Poems in the English language, ``The Raven`` first appeared in the January 29, 1845, edition of the New York Evening Mirror.
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They reveal, too, his virtuoso command of poetic language, rhythms, and figures of speech -- command that would make his one of the most distinctive voices in all of poetry.
This volume contains ``The Raven`` and 40 others of Edgar Allan Poe\'s most memorable poems, among them ``The Bells,`` ``Ulalume,`` ``Israfel,`` ``To Helen,`` ``The Conqueror Worm,`` ``Eldorado,`` and ``Annabel Lee.`` Together they reveal the extraordinary spectrum of Poe\'s personality -- his idealism; his visionary qualities; his responsiveness to beauty, to love, and to women; and his susceptibility to the eerie and the morbid. ``The Raven`` remains Poe\'s best-known work, yet it is only one of a dazzling series of Poems and stories that won him an enduring place in world literature.
It brought Edgar Allan Poe, then in his mid-30s and a well-known poet, critic, and short story writer, his first taste of celebrity on a grand scale.
One of the most famous Poems in the English language, ``The Raven`` first appeared in the January 29, 1845, edition of the New York Evening Mirror
