Why is "The Raven" so popular?

A large portion of Poe's fiction includes musings on the nature of death and on questions about the afterlife. The unnamed narrator of "The Raven" is at first defiant and hopeful in his mourning because he believes that he will again see Lenore in Heaven. He becomes increasingly agitated and despairing as he begins to believe the raven in that he will "nevermore" see Lenore.
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[@inr63]

This didn’t even touch on “why” The Raven was/is so popular

[@cubechan1938]

Also the fact that you can teach a raven to say it.

[@angelapitts2123]

For me, it just rolls off the tongueso well❤

[@ritulsarangi6415]

One of my fav ...I got goosebumps after listening 😨

[@ganymede242]

"And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain" - brilliant!

[@philiplombardo249]

I was recently teaching my students at my university about Poe and this poem. He was really quite brilliant… and really quite gone too soon (d. 1849).

[@CaptainKwame1773]

Me too! Taught this poem and others today! It was a great day to discuss Poe!

[@edgaraven]

Nevermore, Nevermore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@bigbuggie5]

I was introduced to it by the Simpsons when I was younger.

[@Anindeterminateamountofbees]

It’s popular cuz it’s GOOD

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

Love watching 'The Fall of the House of Usher' on Netflix this season. A great tribute to Edgar Allan Poe.

[@sunsatire]

I know right, exactly!!!

[@charliecooper9794]

because it's brilliant

[@blackluxury5585]

Netflix series fall of usher lead me here. Now I’m hooked on the story

[@gianmarcotoval509]

Everyone stop what you’re doing and listen to Christopher walkens reciting of this poem. Brilliant stuff

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❤Muahhh

[@DaithiONUALLAIN-ow3es]

Nevermore she said I will not mop the floor anymore nevermore did she say those words for ten lashes kept her wore “ I will be free evermore and take man down with me nevermore .

[@joeswampdawghenry]

detective fruitbuzzard solved the mystery of Poe's death recently

[@jasemalvis2140]

Why did they make poe look sexy

[@cl844]

walken reads the raven...

[@cnu.]

Ravenmaxxing is real

[@mwmann]

Poe was a real superstar.

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Waka waka waka waka waka

[@ssake1_IAL_Research]

"The Raven" is popular because it was written from life by Mathew Franklin Whittier, a real literary genius. Edgar Allan Poe never wrote "The Raven," he merely claimed it in a kind of 19th-century "identity theft." The poem's premiere was submitted anonymously to "American Review" under the pseudonym "---- Quarles" by the true author, Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poe, a critic for the New York "Evening Mirror," finding the poem in an advance copy of "American Review," scooped Mathew in his own paper by three days. Mathew had shared a copy of "The Raven" with Poe in early 1842, so Poe had a handwritten copy in his possession. This enabled him to convince his editor that he had permission to scoop "American Review"--but he mysteriously left the "Mirror" shortly afterwards (suggesting that he may have been fired for lying about it). It is the height of absurdity that the editor of a newly-launched monthly literary magazine like the "Review," would have given a daily newspaper this permission. The real author was not in a position to reveal his identity because of his anti-slavery work and connection with the Underground Railroad, and hence could not publicly defend himself. See my paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier," which can be downloaded from the following link, or found by searching for the paper's title on Academia.edu. www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_The_Raven.pdf

[@RuminatingWizard]

Even if that were true, it has nothing to do with why it's popular. It sure does sound a lot like his other poems though. I suppose he didnt write those either though?

[@KC.45]

Yeah right, and Poe didn't create literature's first detective, the Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin.

[@ramonmontes7042]

blasphemy!

[@Kaligo1471]

Everytime I dive into something new there's some real bad stuff behind

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​@@Kaligo1471maybe because all bar stuff is not true

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