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Commentary On Performing The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

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Performing the Raven Ms.Short always prepares her class every single year to perform the “Raven “ by Edgar Allan Poe. This project required me to memorize my a stanza, a segment in the poem. I also needed to comprehend what I was reading and not just read off the script . In the end, I read aloud my stanza along with the rest of my class to multiple groups of people. The project I completed was unlike anything I've ever done this before within this class! In the beginning Ms. Short read to me the poem the “Raven” and then I had to decide what stanza I wanted to read. I chose the seventh stanza since it was my favorite. Ms.short assigned two people per stanza, so to have a buddy to help me out, as well as communicating with
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In this age where we swipe away, new music stars are born every minute and fame is something that could last for a mere week, one-hit wonders have become common and part of daily life. In 1845, Poe had some sort of one-hit wonder with The Raven. As the Poe Museum site (2015) tells his story, Poe finally gained a lot of attention with his publication of The Raven, after having lived a life of poverty where at one point he even had to burn down is furniture for some warmth. Yet his venture failed, the health of his wife was deteriorating and as with every famous person there were rumours right around the corner. He left New York in 1846 and in the next three year his wife died, his amorous escapades were failures and soon death came knocking.

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