Why We Quoth ‘the Raven’ Evermore

Ron Charles, Washington Post: Books
Thu, 10/30/2014 - 6:26am

What is it about Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” that’s kept this creepy poem flying high for almost 170 years? Since its publication in 1845, it’s been continually read, anthologized, performed, filmed, illustrated and, of course, parodied (Doh!). In fact, those parodies hatched even before the ink on the original poem was dry. In March of 1845, F.

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    The Raven. By Edgar Allan Poe. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—.
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  • Quoth Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    Britannica Dictionary definition of QUOTH. old-fashioned + literary. — used to mean “said” in phrases like quoth I, quoth he, etc. “What a fool,” quoth he. [=“what a fool,” he said] “… Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’” Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” (1845) QUOTH meaning: used to mean “said” in phrases like quoth I, quoth he, etc.
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    The meaning of QUOTH is said —used chiefly in the first and third persons with a postpositive subject. How to use quoth in a sentence.
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  • QUOTH definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
    quoth in American English. (kwoʊθ ) verb transitive. Archaic. said. the past tense, followed by a subject in the first or third person, and taking as its object the words being repeated. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
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    QUOTH meaning: 1. said: 2. said: . Learn more.
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