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Thank you for listening to poems at Storynory.com
Bye Bye
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The ‘t’s’ simulate live rounds. His use if metaphor helps connect the reader to the jarring reality of the sounds of war…IMO.

Enjoy.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK5kme0dCQY

Text of ‘Anthem…’ (which I suggest reading before listening to it in order to draw one’s own conclusions and in order to get the setting in one’s own mind’s eye’; just a suggestion, for those who, unlike me, aren’t lazy and prefer to read it themselves first before having it read to them. A little background on the poem is that it was written during WWI by a very young and EXTREMELY talented poet disillusioned by the lies told by govt. and society about the glamour and heroisism of man’s inhumanity toward man.
http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen2.html

K. I’m done. Despite what I’ve done here today, I DO like to fancy myself by believing that I actually have a real life somewhere beyond poetry…lol

Love for all and all my best,

“DJ”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfTa4B7wQ_8

Walken’s rendition of ‘The Raven’…have a listen, but as someone else commented, it probably needs more cowbell, baby! lol jk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLSmhpwLdEQ

No apologies required! Totally understand, and in retrospect, I agree. There are -sadly- FAR too many bad people lurking the web.

Can I recommend, if you’ve not already read, a poem by Wilfred Owen called ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’?

Pay special attention to the ‘rat-tat-tat’ line. Brilliant. A man taken too soon from existence, IMO.

Poe was/is quite over the top. He was deeply depressed, had an unfortunate go of life, and died accordingly. Died from alcohol poisioning, found dead in a ditch! Think of that. Only recognized for his genius posthumously, he lived a life well below the accepted poverty level of his time. Literally tragic, but somehow all too fitting for a man such as he!

His death, to me, only adds to the aura of his poetry.

Great site, BTW!

If you have retained my contact info, or are on Facebook, feel free to contact me, ok?

Hope all is well, friend.

Best,

DJ

Blessings,

“DJ”

This poem, for me, is more about the atmosphere it creates than its literal meaning. I love the sounds, especially the tap tap . But like a lot of Poe, it’s just a touch over the top ! That rhyme, nevermore, and Lenore, is unforgettable, but rather heavily contrived. It treads a fine line between the comic and the chilling.

Really? Poe, for all his talent and depression, wasn’t always the most complex poet.

He’s mostly a ‘face value’ kinda dude. The story is pretty cut and dry. A dude is napping during his studies and has an encounter with a raven that knows his ‘story’ and visits to tell him that his love for Lenore is basically vain and that he will never see her again.

Go to google and search interpretations and explanations or summaries of the poem.

Poe was a perpetually depressed kinda guy…it’s not hard to understand,it is just absolute, final,and depressing…lol

The poem is NOT about the Raven, it’s about lost love and the man’s obsession with his former love. Poems are hardly EVER about the title.One must dig and think & think critically to glean meaning from what they read. I had an ENTIRE semester of just Poe when I was pursuing one of my degreess, specifically literature, and after about three weeks, I ‘got’ Poe. All of his stuff IS kinda depressing, but there is an element of realistic human emotion inherent in it.

His ‘school’ of poets wanted people to dig deeply to connect with what was being said. I know a lot of high school English teachers require this, but it is a poem, IMO, designed for emotionally mature and curious readers and audience.

The high beauty of the poem, as with alot of poetry, is common or exceptional human condition or emotion.

I have been trying to memorize this poem for a while.

Other than the electric guitar, I recommend Christopher Walken’s rendition of it, which you can quickly and easily find on youtube. Vincent Price also does a great version of this, as well ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ which is either Price or Edgar Bergen; both are fabulous and there is a multi CD volume of those men reading Poe’s work that I highly suggest.

This material is quickly becoming a lost piece of American history and it’s sad. Current generations are far too taken by easy/weak/cheap literature (SOME of which is ok; Kingsolver, for example or Phillip Roth)…or things like Jersey Shore…the abandonment and indifference makes my skin crawl…I’m a literature snob, if you all couldn’t already tell…

My considertion and effort to become a Poe scholar seems rather worthless to many in today’s world, though I see inherent value owe it to them to keep their words and ideas alive, IMO)in such perpetuation; we honor the literary history of our country. It’s larger than any one individual, and I find value in that of itself.

DISCLAIMER: It’s a made-up name and the acct, exists for the sole purpose of discussing literature, especially Poe, as I intend to memorize ALL of his most popular works. Languages and traditions are lost when people discontinue interest in them.

Anyway, if you’ve read this far, you’re as nerdy as I am, and I’d love to hear from you! lol

Best and be well,

“DJ”

i hope you Estell bout short story like these

because it’s help us in speaking an dreading so thank you a lots .

all my love and wishes from me to you