best advice is reading it aloud
suitable for rainy days with a cup of hot coffee

For some reason I didn't anticipate feeling stupid reading this but I did. The vibes were immaculate though

There are many sides of Poe
...and The Raven is probably Poe at his best! I find this poem one of my favorites of all his works, though besides The Raven, I'm not as fond of his poetry as I am his Science Fiction short stories.

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This hardback picture book edition is filled with colorful and penciled drawings done by Gustav Doré in all his finest, as illustrated in my snapshot above. But, only The Raven is illustrated, as the other poems are included in set at the end of the more picturesque Raven poem. I've read this copy countless times, and will probably read it countless times more. It is a hauntingly lovely and symbolic work.And, I do enjoy all of Gustav Doré's art!

Who doesn't love Poe? This one contains some of our favorite poems and I purchased it for my oldest daughter to read from our book club. It contains some of the spookiest poems by Poe including our favorite for this time of year, The Raven, as well as others like The Haunted Palace, Annabel Lee, The Bells, and A Dream Within a Dream. It's a small paperback with a nice collection of Poe's works.

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Fin da bambino, io non sono stato
uguale agli altri; non ho mai guardato
il mondo come gli altri; le passioni
da una fonte comune non ho tratto.
Dalla stessa sorgente non ho attinto
il mio dolore; né ho accordato il cuore
alla gioia di chi mi stava accanto.
Ciò che io ho amato, l'ho amato da solo.
Allora - nei miei primi anni, nell'alba
delle burrasche di una vita - è sorto
dai grandi abissi del bene e del male
questo mistero che ancora mi avvince:
sempre, dalla fontana o dal torrente,
da quella rossa rupe in cima a un monte,
dal sole che girava intorno a me
nel suo bagliore dorato d'autunno,
dal lampo che scoccava in mezzo al cielo
sfiorandomi nel suo rapido volo,
dalla tempesta e dal rombo del tuono,
e dalla nube che prendeva forma
(mentre il resto del Cielo era sereno):
la sagoma di un demone al mio sguardo.


Nelle poesie di Poe si riflettono i pensieri di un uomo eternamente malinconico. Leggendo i suoi versi affiorano immagini ricche di inquietudine, dove i temi dominanti sono la morte, la solitudine, la caducità delle cose. Sono dunque componimenti tristi e a volte anche angoscianti, che regalano visioni potenti e indimenticabili.

I'm not a fan of poetry but since I'm to exhausted to read fantasy now a days I tried to read this one. In this book it's too hard to read unless otherwise you sit and reread the phrases in order to understand what you are reading.

Anyway, life is too hard to contemplate. There will always be sorrow and lost. Things will always mystify us in the future. Poems are mysteries of life that sometimes are hard to phantom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7G_f...

EDGAR ALAN POE
The RAPPER POET of the 19th century.
'Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.'

I have never particularly liked poetry - especially rhyming poetry, which often comes out seeming trite. The Raven in particular is a masterpiece. It doesn't feel like Poe was even searching for a rhyme, but that it just fell into place. His repetition of words gives a creepy, rhythmic feel to the poem and while reading it, you almost forget altogether that it is in fact a poem, since you're caught up in its narrative.

In the 1960s, in school, poetry bored the shit out of me. Until the teacher walked in with a Victrola and placed a vinyl album down. It was Sherlock Holmes himself, Basil Rathbone, reading with that actor's voice, The Raven, Annabelle Lee and The Bells. That was it. I wrote my first poem there and then. It was 1968. Google me .

Favourite peoms in this book are A Dream within a Dream and Alone.
Annabel Lee is also probably darker than what it rlly seems.

I don't read much poetry - the most I've read was back in high school (both for fun and curriculum). I have read quite a few Edgar Allan Poe poems from back then so it was nice to revisit those as well as read some new ones. I enjoyed most of them but not all of them. It was a nice addition to my October reads to get into the "spooky" spirit now that we're about a week and half to Halloween.

If you haven't read many Poe poems, I definitely recommend reading through this. There are quite a few good ones in here that are worth the read. I remember in high school we watched a few adaptions of some of the stories and those were fun as well. I can't remember if they were YouTube or if there is a film out there somewhere but I plan on looking those up again and you should too!