ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Raven, best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1845 and collected in The Raven and Other Poems the same year. Poe achieved instant national fame with the publication of this melancholy evocation of lost love.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known works include the poems “To Helen” (1831), “The Raven” (1845), and “Annabel Lee” (1849); the short stories of wickedness and crime “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) and “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846); and the supernatural horror story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839).

Detailed explanation-3: -In “The Raven, ” Poe wanted to show the fine line between rational thought and madness and how strong emotions, such as grief, can push a person into irrationality, even during mundane interactions like the one the narrator had with the raven.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1845) is a poem centered around an unnamed narrator’s journey into madness after realizing he will never forget his lost Lenore. Poe uses symbols such as a talking raven, a bust of Pallas, and the narrator’s chamber to share the story while representing his narrator’s struggle with grief.

Detailed explanation-5: -Edgar Allan Poe, (born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.-died October 7, 1849, Baltimore, Maryland), American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre.