Raven and Other Favorite Poems

One of the most famous poems in the English language, "e;The Raven"e; first appeared in the January 29, 1845, edition of the New York Evening Mirror. 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. "e;The Raven"e; 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.This volume contains "e;The Raven"e; and 40 others of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable poems, among them "e;The Bells,"e; "e;Ulalume,"e; "e;Israfel,"e; "e;To Helen,"e; "e;The Conqueror Worm,"e; "e;Eldorado,"e; and "e;Annabel Lee."e; 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. 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.A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.