Nataša Pantović reviewed The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (Scholastic Classics)
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5 stars
Dark Beauty, Eternal Echoes — Poe's Words Never Die
The Raven and Other Poems is a masterpiece of mood, mystery, and melancholy. Edgar Allan Poe weaves language like a spell — hypnotic, lyrical, and laced with longing. Every line drips with emotion, from despair and madness to the fragile ache of lost love.
The Raven alone is enough to haunt you forever — but then you fall into Annabel Lee, To Helen, Lenore, and each one deepens the sense that Poe wasn’t just writing poetry — he was summoning something eternal.
His words are shadow and shimmer. Grief and beauty. He walks the edge between worlds and takes you with him.
Five stars for the master of the macabre, the romantic of the dark. Forevermore.