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alinaancuta's review against another edition
5.0
“The Raven” and the Philosophy of Composition or Why Edgar Allan Poe is a Genius.
lucyshena's review against another edition
4.0
'And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting,
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor...'
Poetic invention, it would seem (according to Poe) is not so much invention or impulse than negation, calculation, strict composition and blue-printing. I would have to agree. Oh the pain of a comma that just won't sit, a word short-syllabled, a line clumsy and tuneless! 'The Raven', if nothing else, is an extraordinary exercise in poetic aural/oral control. I've been sitting on my bed for the past hour just reciting it over and over and over again... ahh....
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor...'
Poetic invention, it would seem (according to Poe) is not so much invention or impulse than negation, calculation, strict composition and blue-printing. I would have to agree. Oh the pain of a comma that just won't sit, a word short-syllabled, a line clumsy and tuneless! 'The Raven', if nothing else, is an extraordinary exercise in poetic aural/oral control. I've been sitting on my bed for the past hour just reciting it over and over and over again... ahh....
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