The Raven (poem)

The Great American Literary Master Edgar Allan Poe with an old friend.

Last Stanza of "THE RAVEN" emblazoned upon a T-shirt.

The First Portion ( Page ) of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous work "THE RAVEN."

Edgar Allan Poe's "THE RAVEN" is so popular in American and world culture that it has even been represented as A "POP-UP" book.

Part One of Dec. 1, 1999 Wednesday Journal of Oak Park Feature Story and Review of Director / Adapter / Narrator Darryl Maximilian Robinson in "THE RAVEN AND SIX OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST" by Edgar Allan Poe at The New Harrison Street Galleries Studio Theatre by Darryl Cater.

Part Two of Dec. 1, 1999 Wednesday Journal of Oak Park Feature Story and Review of Director / Adapter / Narrator Darryl Maximilian Robinson in "THE RAVEN AND SIX OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST" by Edgar Allan Poe at The New Harrison Street Galleries Studio Theatre by Darryl Cater.

Part One of the Nov. 24, 1999 Pioneer Press Oak Leaves of Oak Park,Il. Feature Story on Darryl Maximilian Robinson and his ESC staging of "THE RAVEN AND SIX OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST" by Edgar Allan Poe at The Harrison Street Galleries Studio Theatre of Oak Park written by Myrna Petlicki. Photo by Andy Carlson.

Part Two of the Nov. 24, 1999 Pioneer Press Oak Leaves of Oak Park Feature Story on Darryl Maximilian Robinson and his ESC staging of EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "THE RAVEN AND SIX OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST" at The Harrison Street Galleries Studio Theatre in Oak Park, Il. written by Myrna Petlicki. Photo by Any Carlson.

The great American Poet and Storyteller Edgar Allan Poe with a notable friend.

1999 Wednesday Journal of Oak Park, Il. Feature Story on Darryl Maximilian Robinson and his presentation of "THE RAVEN AND SIX OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST" by Edgar Allan Poe written by Darryl Cater. Photo by Andy Carlson.

Theatre Artist Darryl Maximilian Robinson has long admired the works of the great American poet and storyteller Edgar Allan Poe. Between the decade of 1991 and 2001, in the cities of Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo. and Chicago, Il., with a variety of very talented stage performers, Mr. Robinson garnered some critical praise and attention for his adaptation, staging and performance as THE NARRATOR in multiple presentations of "THE RAVEN AND SIX OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST" by EDGAR ALLAN POE.

"The Raven" is a narrative poem of the horror genre published in 1845. Oft parodied and referenced, it is the most famous work by author Edgar Allan Poe, and to this day is one of the most well-known pieces of poetry ever written.

It tells the tale of an unidentified narrator who is mourning the loss of his love, Lenore, when he is interrupted by the tapping of a raven whose constant repetition of the word "Nevermore" increasingly aggravates him to the point of madness.

Team Namer for the Baltimore Ravens football (American) team. Contributes to the existential horror suffered by those they defeat.

Tropes used in The Raven (poem) include:

• Animated Adaptation: Fleischer Studios made an In Name Only adaptation of the story in 1942.
  • The Simpsons first "Treehouse of Horror" special featured a Dramatic Reading of sorts. James Earl Jones narrated while Homer played him on screen. Bart was the Raven.
• Arc Words: Quoth the Raven: "Nevermore."
• Dark Is Not Evil: The Raven itself is not evil per se, contrary to most media portrayals, just a reminder of the narrator's lost love.
• Despair Event Horizon: There really is nothing necessarily supernatural about the raven. The entire poem is about the narrator projecting his own frustrated grief onto a random bird, and losing his mind in the process.
• It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary...
• It's Probably Nothing: The narrator repeatedly tries to dismiss the noises he hears as only the wind.
• The Lost Lenore: Trope Namer.
• No Name Given: The narrator.
• Nothing Is Scarier
• Once Upon a Time: "Once upon a midnight dreary..."
• Posthumous Character: Lenore, of course, who is dead before the narrative begins but whose name is uttered quite often throughout.
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• https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-raven-and-six-other-points-of-interest/Content?oid=900690
• https://www.backstage.com/interview/igotcast-darryl-maximilian-robinson/