What is your favorite work by Poe?
By Oneironaut
@_sketch_ (5742)
United States
February 9, 2009 3:05am CST
I absolutely love Edgar Allan Poe! I just love pretty much everything he has written. I'm not sure what my single favorite thing is, but some of my favorites are "The Pit and the Pendulum.", "The Raven", "A Dream within a Dream", and "Silence". Those are the only ones that I can really think of off the top of my head right now. So what is your fave(s)? Or do you not like Poe?
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
9 Feb 09
I haven't read any work by Poe since I left High School. He does have some great works and we read all of his works while we were in High School.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
9 Feb 09
Well, it seemed we read them all we had to read one every few days all year. Our teacher had a fascination it seemed with him. That was in my 10th grade year.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
9 Feb 09
Wow. You read every one in high school? That's a lot of reading. Thanks for responding. It's always good to hear from you. :)
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
9 Feb 09
I didn't say just poetry. I asked what your favorite work was. I had also listed a story. Anyways, those are both fantastic. Thanks for responding and have a great day.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
9 Feb 09
You have already mentioned my own favourite work of Edgar Allen Poe and that's "The Raven". It's an amazing poem that flows so poignantly when narrated properly! They even did a rendition of The Raven on a Simpson's episode once! In this instance they used the voice of James Earl Jones as the narrator and his rich deep voice was perfect for it! I realize it's an unusual example to give of this poem being read, but the fact that it can be included in a Simpson's episode of all things, yet still be a tour de force, is a testament to it's poetic brilliance. 
If you're interested, here is the section of that Simpson's episode with James Earl Jones narrating "The Raven":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_6IODy0mU
If you're interested, here is the section of that Simpson's episode with James Earl Jones narrating "The Raven":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_6IODy0mU
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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9 Feb 09
Hi _sketch_,
I used to watch his work many years ago but I cannot remember the title but "The Raven" is familiar though.
Tamara
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
10 Feb 09
Yeah. u should definitely look it up and read it. It's fantastic. :)
@kellyjeanne (1576)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Yes, he has always been a favorite of mine too. My all time favorite would have to be, "The Pit and the Pendulum". Such a classic and very scary!
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
16 Feb 09
Yes. I also love that one. It is very scary! I can just imagine how it would feel to be in that sort of situation. Thanks. :)
@MissAmie (717)
• United States
9 Feb 09
I know it's the most common of his poems, but I love The Raven. That one and Annabel Lee. Poe was one of the only things I looked forward to in American Lit. I always loved British Lit but American Lit bored me. Poe, Faulkenr and Hawthorne have always been my favorites.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
9 Feb 09
Awesome. Well I don't know much about British Lit, but Poe definitely makes Amer Lit more exciting that's for sure.
@sparkofinsanity (20471)
• Regina, Saskatchewan
9 Feb 09
The Raven:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-
Only this, and nothing more."
I think I was twelve when I first discovered Poe through this work of his. This verse has stayed in my mind since then and I often quote parts of it. His writing, his poetic style, his imagination fired my own desire to write. The fact that he 'invented' the detective story also endeared him to me. Conan Doyle once said of Poe that his genius was in the obvious details, and Doyle's own Holmes stories turned that concept into a fine art.
