Annabelle Lee is probably my favorite of Poe’s poetic works, though I did have The Raven memorized for the longest time. I was going to have a Masquerade of the Red Death ball for my 40th birthday but, well, coincidentally we got the ‘Rona instead.
I love Poe. I was given a copy of "Poe's Tales of Terror" by my mother in 4th grade. I took it to school to read between lessons and it was taken from me by my horrified teacher who refused to believe my mother had truly given it to me. Mom had read Poe's horror short stories in middle school and didn't think that most 4th graders would be horrified by the stories--so I can't really blame my teacher. She gave it back to me after school and my mother sent her a note from home the next day that I was to be allowed to read the book, but she understood that maybe I shouldn't share it with my classmates. My favorites of his short stories are "The Black Cat" and "The Telltale Heart." And yes, I read those at that tender age. (And then Mother wonders how I took up wearing all black in high school, reading Tarot cards and researching witchcraft. Silly mother, silly.) "The Bells" was the first of his poems I read---I loved the rushing sound of the words and rhythm--it was tinkling like ice on a windowpane and clangy and jangly like mother stacking pots and pans in the cupboard. I loved it so much. And then--I read The Raven and that one I loved so much I had to memorize it. When I was young I couldn't really explain why I loved it so much but it had to do with the question of whether the Raven was physically or psychologically real--was it from inside the narrator's mind, or from without, some sort of daemonic messenger sent to drive the man to madness. Poe turned out to be one of my favorite authors in childhood......and I love him to this day.Thank you for doing such a wonderful video about him!
We in Baltimore are obsessed with EA Poe. We study his works in middle school and one of the cool things about living here is we got to visit the Poe House (tiny!) and the cemetery where he is buried. Also fun fact about the Baltimore Ravens: the mascots are ravens named Edgar, Allen, and Poe.
Anyone who has ever been in Baltimore and has had ravens pecking at their windows at dusk trying to break in, understands how truly terrifying they are 😂
I think this every video but I don't know if I've ever written this out in a comment... I just have to say that you are such an amazing orator and presentor! The way you convey your videos is so wonderfully engaging. Thank you for helping me continue to be a lifelong student!! ❤
Yep, Rufus Griswold was infamous for spreading exacerbated rumors about Poe (especially in a "Memoir" he published on his life, which was basically his spitting on his grave). I'm very glad there are historians out there who have worked to separate the fact from the fiction, however!
My fiancé and I watched Pale Blue Eye and he, not knowing much about Poe, said, ‘I know this is fictional but, was Poe okay?’ I could only shake my head and slowly say, ‘noooo.’
Those clips from The Simpsons that punctuate this analysis are making me grin ear to ear. Despite Homer's role as the student (complete with books entitled "Forgotten Lore Vol. II") being laugh out loud funny, this sequence from the first Treehouse of Horror episode is actually quite respectful to the poem in question, and I've heard some readers say they were inspired to check out more of Poe's work because of this sequence.
I adore The Raven, but Annabel Lee just barely wins out. I find his tender heartbreak so moving, I fell in love the moment I read it 18 years ago in class. Love your content by the way, as a fellow English Major it’s lovely to see this sort of thing! ❤
2:00 In this case, that "The Raven" is one of those things that a poet never does but once is not the explanation. Poe had nothing whatsoever to do with the writing or the premiere publication of "The Raven," his claim to authorship being merely a brazen, public scam. I can prove it, after over a decade of independent research. The real author had been Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who had written it based on real-life circumstances in December of 1841.
I've always been a morbidly curious, Gothic-obsessed kid, so I've been a fan of Poe's work since I was eleven lol. Still, I never really connected to poetry as an art form... that is to say, I was always drawn to his short stories rather than his poems. I love nearly all of them, but my favorite has always been the Cask of Amontillado. Though, the Black Cat and the Pit and the Pendulum both rate really highly with me as well.
A Dream Within a Dream and Annabelle Lee are my favorite Poe poems, I have to admit I've never understood the appeal or fascination with The Raven, and even after this video it still eludes me.
One of my earliest favorite authors. My appreciation for and occasional dip of my contemporary quill into poetry stems wholly from the work of Poe. Our black cat Edgar is named after him. As for The Raven, I find it delightful in its rhythms rather than frightening.
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I think my first time reading Poe was the telltale heart in middle school, and it got me hooked. Before that, I hated scary stuff besides scooby doo, and now I’m a horror fan with a preference for the Gothic! A goal of mine is to memorize the Raven
I have been slightly obsessed, or maybe more than slightly, with Poe since I was 12. As a literature major, I feel the chosen words are why it is so memorable. My husband on the other hand is a pure math major and believes it is because it was written in trochaic octameter. Now I think it is both as Tennyson and Kipling both wrote works in this meter but neither as popular as The Raven. (And to be fair he wrote many beautiful not depressing poems.)(I do prefer his short stories to his poetry, but I'm weird like that.)
Dickens and Poe are my favorite two writers. To read either takes me back to a different place in time. For me they are a Time Machine to a by gone era. Having some skill myself, I appreciate the process. These were flawed people as are we all.📚
I do enjoy many Poe works, the usual classics. His Angel of the Odd that looked like a wine bottle was weirdest. The one that tickles me was the town where it rang thirteen o'clock--in some bizarre way a benign version of the evil planet of conformity in A Wrinkle in Time. But the poem that speaks to me is El Dorado.
The video was great. To learn a bit about Poe's life was interesting, but here's the thing: I never knew anything about his life, but The Raven still enraptured me. The proof is in the pudding: it is a masterpiece of literature, and nobody needs to know a thing about the author to be struck.
'Annabel Lee' gets my Poe 'favorite' award, although I love 'The Raven' as well. (Who doesn't?) I think the sound of 'The Raven' - the way the words are put together - is one of the strongest reasons people love this poem. Many also respond to the big questions asked of 'what's it all about?', as well as its depiction of a deeply felt grief. As you say; it's a very well written, and felt, piece of poetry. :)
Saving for later as adding as many references to Poe, Lovecraft, Chambers and Fitzgerald as possible to COC/CO game I DM in four weeks. Thanks in advance. Also, Annabelle Lee is one of my favourite poems ever written.
Interesting video, in so far as I watched it. Thank you for making a video on him and his work. Poe is my favourite poet. I've tried to emulate him in my own poetry, but I am but a pretender in comparison with him.
I'm curious about the frequent references to Classical Antiquity in the poem. The bust of Pallas represents the student's learning, all the symbolism and stuff sure, but it feels like a choice made to appeal to a particular audience, perhaps? Maybe even ironically, like Poe is mocking readers and/or other poets who bang on about the Classics all the time ?
The raven is delightful. Especially with how the rhyme builds claustrophobia, a winding sheet winding tight, a noose, an obsession
Annabelle Lee is probably my favorite of Poe’s poetic works, though I did have The Raven memorized for the longest time. I was going to have a Masquerade of the Red Death ball for my 40th birthday but, well, coincidentally we got the ‘Rona instead.
That sounds like a really cool party.
There is a beautiful irony to having the 'Rona get in the way of a party themed specifically after The Masquerade of the Red Death
@@kbr517 I laughed heartily about it at the time.
I read “The Tell-Tale Heart”when I was in highschool and it has stuck with me ever since. The paranoia that it captures always fascinated me.
I love Poe. I was given a copy of "Poe's Tales of Terror" by my mother in 4th grade. I took it to school to read between lessons and it was taken from me by my horrified teacher who refused to believe my mother had truly given it to me. Mom had read Poe's horror short stories in middle school and didn't think that most 4th graders would be horrified by the stories--so I can't really blame my teacher. She gave it back to me after school and my mother sent her a note from home the next day that I was to be allowed to read the book, but she understood that maybe I shouldn't share it with my classmates. My favorites of his short stories are "The Black Cat" and "The Telltale Heart." And yes, I read those at that tender age. (And then Mother wonders how I took up wearing all black in high school, reading Tarot cards and researching witchcraft. Silly mother, silly.)
"The Bells" was the first of his poems I read---I loved the rushing sound of the words and rhythm--it was tinkling like ice on a windowpane and clangy and jangly like mother stacking pots and pans in the cupboard. I loved it so much. And then--I read The Raven and that one I loved so much I had to memorize it. When I was young I couldn't really explain why I loved it so much but it had to do with the question of whether the Raven was physically or psychologically real--was it from inside the narrator's mind, or from without, some sort of daemonic messenger sent to drive the man to madness.
Poe turned out to be one of my favorite authors in childhood......and I love him to this day.Thank you for doing such a wonderful video about him!
We in Baltimore are obsessed with EA Poe. We study his works in middle school and one of the cool things about living here is we got to visit the Poe House (tiny!) and the cemetery where he is buried. Also fun fact about the Baltimore Ravens: the mascots are ravens named Edgar, Allen, and Poe.
Anyone who has ever been in Baltimore and has had ravens pecking at their windows at dusk trying to break in, understands how truly terrifying they are 😂
I think this every video but I don't know if I've ever written this out in a comment... I just have to say that you are such an amazing orator and presentor! The way you convey your videos is so wonderfully engaging.
Thank you for helping me continue to be a lifelong student!! ❤
As I understand it, much of what we know about Poe today is due to a man who hated him passionately and was also in charge of his estate.
Yep, Rufus Griswold was infamous for spreading exacerbated rumors about Poe (especially in a "Memoir" he published on his life, which was basically his spitting on his grave). I'm very glad there are historians out there who have worked to separate the fact from the fiction, however!
My fiancé and I watched Pale Blue Eye and he, not knowing much about Poe, said, ‘I know this is fictional but, was Poe okay?’ I could only shake my head and slowly say, ‘noooo.’
Fun party trick: memorize the whole thing and recite it sometimes. Its also good for long car rides.
thank you so much for the inspo. i will add this to my ”wake-up-hungover-besties” routine for the day after i go out with my friends
I once wondered how much I could recite from memory and found I could get a lot further than I thought.
Do I find it scary? Absolutely not. Do I find it beautiful, desolate, and breathtakingly depressing? Oh yes.
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Those clips from The Simpsons that punctuate this analysis are making me grin ear to ear. Despite Homer's role as the student (complete with books entitled "Forgotten Lore Vol. II") being laugh out loud funny, this sequence from the first Treehouse of Horror episode is actually quite respectful to the poem in question, and I've heard some readers say they were inspired to check out more of Poe's work because of this sequence.
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I adore The Raven, but Annabel Lee just barely wins out. I find his tender heartbreak so moving, I fell in love the moment I read it 18 years ago in class.
Love your content by the way, as a fellow English Major it’s lovely to see this sort of thing! ❤
2:00 In this case, that "The Raven" is one of those things that a poet never does but once is not the explanation. Poe had nothing whatsoever to do with the writing or the premiere publication of "The Raven," his claim to authorship being merely a brazen, public scam. I can prove it, after over a decade of independent research. The real author had been Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, who had written it based on real-life circumstances in December of 1841.
I'd love to see your take on Poe's The Black Cat.
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I've always been a morbidly curious, Gothic-obsessed kid, so I've been a fan of Poe's work since I was eleven lol. Still, I never really connected to poetry as an art form... that is to say, I was always drawn to his short stories rather than his poems. I love nearly all of them, but my favorite has always been the Cask of Amontillado. Though, the Black Cat and the Pit and the Pendulum both rate really highly with me as well.
Another stellar video!!❤
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Anyone else think of the Babadook when considering the Raven? They both are manifestations of destructive grief.
A Dream Within a Dream and Annabelle Lee are my favorite Poe poems, I have to admit I've never understood the appeal or fascination with The Raven, and even after this video it still eludes me.
This was in my YT recommendations and immediately I am in love with you and your companion. YT really did well today! Thanks for the video.
I screamed in delight when you showed your raven fingers. You’re so wonderful, Rosie!
I prefer his short studies but The Raven is for sure scary. Being sealed forever in a tomb of death/madness/addiction. Terrifying.
One of my earliest favorite authors. My appreciation for and occasional dip of my contemporary quill into poetry stems wholly from the work of Poe. Our black cat Edgar is named after him.
As for The Raven, I find it delightful in its rhythms rather than frightening.
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Happy Halloween 🎃🎃
Also you are the best Chanel for analysis of literature content! Not only the production is amazing but also your analysis is top notch straight out of a university lecture.
Your video essays are always a delight!
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Great video! 🖤🖤🖤 I'm glad to watch your analysis about "The Raven".
Great video, great analysis, great talons!
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A wondeful video. Thank you.
I think my first time reading Poe was the telltale heart in middle school, and it got me hooked. Before that, I hated scary stuff besides scooby doo, and now I’m a horror fan with a preference for the Gothic! A goal of mine is to memorize the Raven
I have been slightly obsessed, or maybe more than slightly, with Poe since I was 12. As a literature major, I feel the chosen words are why it is so memorable. My husband on the other hand is a pure math major and believes it is because it was written in trochaic octameter. Now I think it is both as Tennyson and Kipling both wrote works in this meter but neither as popular as The Raven. (And to be fair he wrote many beautiful not depressing poems.)(I do prefer his short stories to his poetry, but I'm weird like that.)
Dickens and Poe are my favorite two writers. To read either takes me back to a different place in time. For me they are a Time Machine to a by gone era. Having some skill myself,
I appreciate the process. These were flawed people as are we all.📚
I do enjoy many Poe works, the usual classics. His Angel of the Odd that looked like a wine bottle was weirdest. The one that tickles me was the town where it rang thirteen o'clock--in some bizarre way a benign version of the evil planet of conformity in A Wrinkle in Time. But the poem that speaks to me is El Dorado.
The video was great. To learn a bit about Poe's life was interesting, but here's the thing: I never knew anything about his life, but The Raven still enraptured me. The proof is in the pudding: it is a masterpiece of literature, and nobody needs to know a thing about the author to be struck.
For some reason, after your videos I want to use word delightful more often ❤
'Annabel Lee' gets my Poe 'favorite' award, although I love 'The Raven' as well. (Who doesn't?) I think the sound of 'The Raven' - the way the words are put together - is one of the strongest reasons people love this poem. Many also respond to the big questions asked of 'what's it all about?', as well as its depiction of a deeply felt grief. As you say; it's a very well written, and felt, piece of poetry. :)
Saving for later as adding as many references to Poe, Lovecraft, Chambers and Fitzgerald as possible to COC/CO game I DM in four weeks. Thanks in advance.
Also, Annabelle Lee is one of my favourite poems ever written.
Interesting video, in so far as I watched it. Thank you for making a video on him and his work. Poe is my favourite poet. I've tried to emulate him in my own poetry, but I am but a pretender in comparison with him.
Utterly gorgeous outfit for the season!
The claws are fantastic!
"This is Edgar Allen Poe"
*me only looking at the cat*
i love your cat mousie! so cute 🥺 and also, very gothic novel of him to marry his cousin.
Those claws are awesome!
Companion viewing: J. Draper's "Would you watch a public execution?"
Love it
I loved this - you could have given more 🤭
I'm curious about the frequent references to Classical Antiquity in the poem. The bust of Pallas represents the student's learning, all the symbolism and stuff sure, but it feels like a choice made to appeal to a particular audience, perhaps? Maybe even ironically, like Poe is mocking readers and/or other poets who bang on about the Classics all the time ?
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Raven hands!!
Edgar Allan Poe, the quintessintial capricorn
Im glueing sequins on felt for a queer event next week and listening along, thanks!
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Why is your cat not midnight black?
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I read “The Tell-Tale Heart”when I was in highschool and it has stuck with me ever since. The paranoia that it captures always fascinated me.