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Creating the Melancholic Tone in "The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," representing Poe's own introverted crisis of hell, is unusually moving and attractive to the reader. In his essay entitled "The Philosophy of Composition," Poe reveals his purpose in writing "The Raven" and also describes the work of composing the poem as being carefully calculated in all aspects. Of all melancholy topics, Poe wished to use the one that was universally understood, death; specifically death involving a beautiful woman. The apparent tone in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" seemingly represents a very painful condition of mind, an intellect sensitive to madness and the abyss of melancholy brought upon by the death of a beloved lady. The parallelism of Poe's own personal problems, with those of the narrator in "The Raven," his calculated use of symbolism, and the articulation of language through the use of the raven's refrain, the reader becomes aware of Poe's prominent tone of melancholy. A strong......

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