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When writing from the nineteenth century is the central topic of conversation, Edgar Allan Poe’s works are sure to come up as some of the most creative and innovative of that time. Though Poe did use a few elements of the era, he could never be classified as a solid romantic, due to his distinctly different and dark, almost gothic, style. People who wrote with romantic characteristics often showed a high regard for nature, a belief that all men are good, a strong sense of national pride, and more regard for acting impulsively. Poe, in all of his works, demonstrates many characteristics contrary to those beliefs, therefore he was not a romantic writer.
While perusing The Raven, it can be difficult to spot romantic characteristics, and there are many points that contradict romantic beliefs. The speaker, is the dark, solitary type, and while his scholarly traits could attribute to the romantic notion that the journey to knowledge is the most important ever, the amount of points......

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