Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration ...

Edgar Allan Poe is no action hero in “The Raven.” He can leave that stuff to Sherlock Holmes, thank you very much.

"The Raven" became famous from Edgar Allan Poe's dramatic readings of the poem. Actor Denis O’Hare performs as Poe in this rendition.