The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

Apr 20, 2009 13:20

Yesterday, I spent about an hour and a half considering what poem to select to follow Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning, and I couldn't pick - in part because I was trying to select something linked to a line or theme of the poem. But when I woke up this morning, it was to hear lines from Poe ringing through my head, which works quite well in ( Read more... )

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angeladegroot April 21 2009, 18:26:04 UTC
I only recently read this poem for the first time. I'd heard excerpts of course, but never read the whole thing. I'm glad I did, it's a goodie.

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kellyrfineman April 21 2009, 21:40:51 UTC
If you have a few minutes, check out the Vincent Price video. He's really riveting.

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tracyworld April 22 2009, 02:20:02 UTC
Thank you for planting this in my head when I blogged this morning. I've been drive-by reading my friends list the past few days but apparently this one wedged in my brain somewhere.

You and Edgar and the raven were a great help to me!

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kellyrfineman April 22 2009, 02:32:49 UTC
You're most welcome.

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