Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”

Ravens fascinate people. Their obvious intelligence, their vocalizations, their roles in the mythologies of multiple cultures, their all-black plumage, their cachet, their just plain coolness. And a good part of what makes ravens cool to the English speaking world is Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Anyone who has ever heard “The Raven” read aloud remembers it. The internal rhymes, the classical