Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy Of Composition"
Shortly after Edgar Allan Poe had completed his masterpiece, "The Raven" and sold it for $15 in 1845, he composed an essay entitled "The Philosophy of Composition". In the essay, he claims that writing a poem was a methodical process, much like solving a mathematical problem. Poe emphasized that a poem should be read and enjoyed in one sitting, thus concluding that a poem should be around 100 lines long (The Raven was 108 lines long). Poe also states that his method of writing a poem consists of writing it backwards. Each section of the poem relies heavily upon alliteration and alternating interior rhythms.
Poe used a method to appeal to both popular and critical tastes by hitting upon the most melancholic of all subjects: the death of a beautiful woman. "The death
of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world and equally is it beyond the doubt that the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover". Of all the themes, he chose......
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