-The Philosophy of Composition
 

length, beauty, tone

"The Philosophy of Composition" is an 1846 essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. He concludes that length, "unity of effect" and a logical method are important considerations for good writing. He also makes the assertion that "the death... of a beautiful woman" is "unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world". Poe uses the composition of his own poem "The Raven" as an example. The essay first appeared in the April 1846 issue of Graham's Magazine. It is uncertain if it is an authentic portrayal of Poe's own method.

-The Raven

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references.

-To Helen

"To Helen" is the first of two poems to carry that name written by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1831 collection Poems of Edgar A. Poe. It was then reprinted in 1836 in the Southern Literary Messenger.

Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo, in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand,
Ah! Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!

-Annabel Lee

"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are envious. He retains his love for her even after her death. There has been debate over who, if anyone, was the inspiration for "Annabel Lee". Though many women have been suggested, Poe's wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is one of the more credible candidates. Written in 1849, it was not published until shortly after Poe's death that same year.

-Baltimore Raven

巴爾帝摩烏鴉隊-->少數以文學作品命名的運動隊伍

The Blind Sides 攻其不備 裡出現的隊伍
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http://suite101.com/a/poe-and-primitivism-in-gauguins-nevermore-a96282

Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem of 1845, "The Raven", was a key source of inspiration for Gauguin’s painting and is referenced in its title. In the poem, as art historian Dario Gamboni writes, “the continuous use of the [refrain] ’nevermore’ [is] the search for a ’key note’ expressing the sadness meant to produce poetical beauty.” The strongest themes in Poe’s work are centered on the subjects of beauty, melancholy, past lovers, longing and efforts to commune with the dead.

-Ithaca (Odysyous)

-''If winter comes, can spring be far behind?''

如果冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎?

Ode to the West Wind

  by Percy Bysshe Shelley

-The Fall of the House of 「Usher」

門口發傳單的人

-Doom-->擬聲字

西方人對末日會有鐘聲的徵兆

咚咚咚的鐘聲=DOOM

-fra-

脆弱的，散落的

fragment

fragile