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Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.Excerpt from The Raven     Grief, revenge, and unsurpassed sorrow. Few authors can replicate these feelings as well as Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven, Lenore, and Annabel lee(prenominal) all refer to an instance where the narrator is grieving over a lost loved one.      See on yon drear and rigid bier hapless lies thy love, Lenore Come let the burial rite be read- the funeral song be sung- An anthem for the queenliest dead that ever died so young- A dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young. (Lenore)Poe spent most of his life grieving for lost loved ones. His first wife Virginia Clemm died five years into their marriage of tuberculosis. Poe endured many an(prenominal) tragedies and his poetry reflects his agony and torture.Prophet said I, thing of evil- prophet still, if bird or devilBy that Heaven bends above us- by that matinee idol we both adoreTell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name LenoreClasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name LenoreQuoth the Raven, Nevermore.(The Raven)As the reading above indicates, Poe grieved continuously throughout his life for his sainted Lenore. He wrote numerous poems in the lead and after the death of Virginia Clemm to her. Annabel Lee was actually written before the death of Virginia as a token of his undying love for her.      Poe wrote over 120 poems and is know very well for his morbid and grievous writings.      "Poe was born a poet, his mind is stamped with the impress of genius. He is, perhaps, the most original author that ever existed in America. Delighting in the wild and visionary, his mind penetrates the inmost recesses of the human soul, creating vast and magnificent dreams, eloquent fancies and terrible mysteries. Again, he indulges in a felicitous vein of humor, that copies no writer in the language, an d yet strikes the reader with the genuine impression of refined wit and yet again, he constructs such works as Arthur Gordon Pym, which disclose perceptive powers that couple De Foe, combined with an analytical depth of reasoning in no manner inferior to Godwin or Brockden Brown."(George Lippard, Citizen Soldier)Poe has mastered the element of manipulation. His poems and other works have manipulated the minds of his readers.