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Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Raven Manet E2 corrected.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 10, 2023. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-12-10. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru (talk) 11:46, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The poem describes a narrator who is half asleep, poring over ancient books at midnight on a dreary winter night. He hears a tapping sound, and finds a raven at the window, which flies into his room and perches on a bust of Athena. The narrator asks the bird a series of questions, to which the bird replies only "nevermore". Eventually, the narrator falls into despair and ends with his final admission that his soul is trapped beneath the raven's shadow and shall be lifted "nevermore". Originally published in 1845, the poem was widely popular but did not bring Poe much financial success. It has influenced many modern works and is referenced throughout popular culture. This lithographic illustration by Édouard Manet is the last in a set of four plates that depict different stages in "The Raven". Describing this plate, the art historian James H. Rubin wrote: "In the fourth plate, shadow has itself taken on life, becoming the most prominent form. At its bottom it resembles that cast by the bird perched upon the bust, but then in much freer strokes it becomes a dense vapour rising and trailing into oblivion."

Illustration credit: Édouard Manet; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Verb tense; parodies SPRANG up, not sprung

Section "Critical reception," third paragraph, begins "Parodies sprung up." That is painfully ungrammatical, like something the Daily Mail would publish. 75.118.53.241 (talk) 04:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks for spotting that. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 04:39, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where was it written?

There is content in the article saying it was written on West 84th Street. However it doesn't mention what city that address is in. Reading through the article I can't figure out what city it is referring to. I'm presuming New York, but the article really should state this. Canterbury Tail talk 19:48, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for noting this. I have made an edit that should address this. --Midnightdreary (talk) 00:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]