Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration ...

Today’s the day. So in the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe’s legendary poem “The Raven,” here is a new version in the distinctive style of the old: Once upon a midnight dreary, Peyton pondered ...

It’s one of the most recognizable (and spookiest) poems in English. When Poe was writing “The Raven,” his wife, Virginia, was suffering from tuberculosis. It was a weird marriage—Virginia ...

Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven,” published in 1845, has been inspiring fellow artists for nearly 175 years. From Christopher Walken to Neil Gaiman, here are 10 celebrities putting their ...