The Raven thinks for a moment in silence, and his mind wanders back to his lost Lenore.
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The Raven thinks for a moment in silence, and his mind wanders back to his lost Lenore.
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The Raven thinks the air grows denser and feels the presence of angels, and wonders if God is sending him a sign that he is to forget Lenore.
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The Raven is reading in the late night hours from "many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore".
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The Raven decided on a raven, which he considered "equally capable of speech" as a parrot, because it matched the intended tone of the poem.
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The Raven was inspired by Grip, the raven in Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty by Charles Dickens.
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Immediate success of "The Raven" prompted Wiley and Putnam to publish a collection of Poe's prose called Tales in June 1845; it was his first book in five years.
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Notably, in 1858 "The Raven" appeared in a British Poe anthology with illustrations by John Tenniel, the Alice in Wonderland illustrator .
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Many 20th-century artists and contemporary illustrators created artworks and illustrations based on "The Raven", including Edmund Dulac, Istvan Orosz, and Ryan Price.
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Poe capitalized on the success of "The Raven" by following it up with his essay "The Philosophy of Composition", in which he detailed the poem's creation.
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The Raven explains that every component of the poem is based on logic: the raven enters the chamber to avoid a storm, and its perch on a pallid white bust was to create visual contrast against the dark black bird.
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In part due to its dual printing, "The Raven" made Edgar Allan Poe a household name almost immediately, and turned Poe into a national celebrity.
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Mantel of the room in which Poe penned "The Raven" was removed and donated to Columbia University before the demolition of the Brennan Farmhouse.
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