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American writer named Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Raven”, a poem baring similarities to his life. Poe was born in 1811 in Boston, Massachusetts. He joined the army, but was court-martialed for neglect of his duty. He turned to writing after he left the army. Failing to make a living by writing, he became addicted to alcohol. Unfortunately, in 1847 he suffered the loss of his wife. Indeed, the theme of loss, which pervades much of his work, can be linked to events of personal tragedy in his own life. “The Raven” dates from 1844 and presents an odd prophecy of a man who has lost his love, “the rare and radiant maiden whom the angles named Lenore”(377). Far from being a tale of horror, it is a poem of haunting poetic beauty, “Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from