The Raven

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literary work narrative poem poem

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, renowned for its melancholic atmosphere, musical language, and exploration of grief and madness as a mysterious raven visits a grieving man.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work → narrative poem → poem →
author	Edgar Allan Poe →
character	Lenore → the raven →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
firstPublicationDate	1845-01-29 →
firstPublishedIn	The Evening Mirror →
genre	dark romanticism → gothic literature →
hasAdaptation	radio dramatizations → television adaptations → various films →
includedIn	The Raven and Other Poems →
influenced	popular culture depictions of ravens →
language	English →
literaryDevice	alliteration → assonance → internal rhyme → personification → repetition → symbolism →
literaryForm	poetry →
literaryMovement	American Romanticism →
mainCharacter	unnamed narrator →
meter	trochaic octameter →
narrativePerspective	first-person →
notableLine	Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." →
refrain	Nevermore →
rhymeScheme	complex internal rhyme → end rhyme →
setting	a chamber →
settingTime	a bleak December → midnight →
stanzaForm	six-line stanzas →
structure	18 stanzas →
symbol	bust of Pallas → chamber door → nevermore → raven →
theme	death → despair → grief → loss → madness → memory → mourning → the supernatural →
tone	haunting → melancholic →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nevermore → Poe →	inspiredBy
Edgar Allan Poe → Edgar Allan Poe →	notableWork
The Raven (1963 film) (""The Raven"") →	basedOn
The Raven ("the raven") →	character
Relativity Media →	distributedFilm
Edgar Allan Poe ("poem The Raven") →	hasPart
The Raven ("The Raven and Other Poems") →	includedIn
Lenore (poem) →	relatedWork
Annabel Lee →	relatedWorkByAuthor
The Raven (1963 film) →	title