The Impact on Poe?s Writing Edgar Allan Poe was an anti-transcendental writer that wrote dark, moving poetry throughout his lifetime. He paid close attention to creating a setting, as shown in the poem, The Raven, which developed the mood, conflict, and symbolic meaning.

The atmosphere of The Raven helps set the tone at the beginning of the poem. Poe builds a mystic, ?midnight dreary,? scene on a windy, December night. The speaker in the poem rests inside his chamber on a gloomy night while thinking of his past. The tone of the saddened speaker reveals the mood of the poem to be depressing and full of sorrow. He sulks by his lonesome self, and...

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