THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe (Best Reading)

Our exclusive narration delivered by Shane Morris
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  • @celotehkibe
    @celotehkibe2 жыл бұрын

    An absolute favourite. This and nothing more. I used to think old poems are boring. But after hearing The Raven? Nevermore.

  • @emrys6801

    @emrys6801

    Жыл бұрын

    Nevermore:)

  • @maad5800

    @maad5800

    8 ай бұрын

    Brilliant comment.

  • @traceybriscuso4333

    @traceybriscuso4333

    5 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @raymondcarranza2821

    @raymondcarranza2821

    5 ай бұрын

    @@emrys6801😅

  • @emrys6801

    @emrys6801

    5 ай бұрын

    @@raymondcarranza2821 damn that was a year ago

  • @dakotawright1638
    @dakotawright16382 жыл бұрын

    This reader's voice is truly immaculate.

  • @NUM3R1S

    @NUM3R1S

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nah

  • @tundra5171

    @tundra5171

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's dreadful. Has nothing to do with the Raven poem. Absolutely horrible. Your typical "wow, so baritone" book reading with zero flairs or uniqueness.

  • @rebekahcorbin2466

    @rebekahcorbin2466

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @josephpatridge7784

    @josephpatridge7784

    2 жыл бұрын

    The voice soon becomes an irritating bore.

  • @IsaacAwad.04

    @IsaacAwad.04

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wish u can make my voice like that when I want ;)

  • @bradyblackburn7877
    @bradyblackburn78773 жыл бұрын

    I've loved this poem for over 40 years, and this is one of my favorite readings.

  • @Faiz_Alii

    @Faiz_Alii

    3 жыл бұрын

    ❤️👍 Beautiful Please Visit Once And Give Your Feedback 👍

  • @SIX622

    @SIX622

    3 жыл бұрын

    Have you listened to the reading of this poem by the late Sir Christopher Lee? It really is remarkable.

  • @n.u.k.2188

    @n.u.k.2188

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SIX622 of course he has and James Earl Jones aswell. Every one has heard thoose two. I prefer this over both of them.

  • @coolchristianpeeps

    @coolchristianpeeps

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Faiz_Alii f

  • @coolchristianpeeps

    @coolchristianpeeps

    2 жыл бұрын

    8

  • @stevenyourke7901
    @stevenyourke79012 жыл бұрын

    Poe’s poetry must be read aloud to be fully appreciated because he was the most musical of poets. Poe was a brilliant literary critic and he was a great admirer of the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson - he praised Tennyson’s wonderful musicality. Poe was a literary genius who has been badly treated by American literary critics. Baudelaire and the French recognized his genius. His portrait betrays the ravages of alcoholism. The death of his young wife that inspired The Raven sent him into despair but from his despair he created this work of genius.

  • @cincin4515

    @cincin4515

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've been reading Poe for 50 years. Never aloud. You are wrong on so many levels.

  • @peacelovejoy8786

    @peacelovejoy8786

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Steven for writing this! Doesn't surprise me that alcohol and a woman ended up being the demise of Mr Poe - he definitely was a tortured soul 🖤 Peace & Love - always 💕 hello from Oregon 👋

  • @stevenyourke7901

    @stevenyourke7901

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cincin4515 Wrong how? I know what I’m talking about. Have you read his literary criticism? Where he praises Tennyson for his musicality? Can you deny that Poe’s poetry sounds beautiful to the ear when read by a sensitive actor? He himself stated that the death of his wife is what drove him over the edge into alcoholism. No. You don’t know what you’re talking about!

  • @stevenyourke7901

    @stevenyourke7901

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@peacelovejoy8786 He was certainly a tormented soul. He needed a good woman to look after him.

  • @losfromla1480

    @losfromla1480

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevenyourke7901 good women actually existed in his day. Feminism has destroyed women and femininity.

  • @bellringer929
    @bellringer9293 жыл бұрын

    "Shall I read this poem again?" Crow thinks for a moment: "Yes, sure"

  • @BirungiGillian

    @BirungiGillian

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nevermore

  • @whereismymind1402

    @whereismymind1402

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup.

  • @mr.stalin592

    @mr.stalin592

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only I have known the answer and the Crow shrieks: "nevermore"

  • @mr.stalin592

    @mr.stalin592

    2 жыл бұрын

    said I crow, how wrong I was my heart blazen for now i know that was a raven

  • @axsent801

    @axsent801

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pure

  • @tuxlan
    @tuxlan Жыл бұрын

    I've been listening to it everyday and somehow calms my anxiety. Now I want to memorize it.

  • @anna-leighlondon8383

    @anna-leighlondon8383

    Жыл бұрын

    I memorized it in 7th grade and now at 65 years I still know it!

  • @ISeekSilence

    @ISeekSilence

    11 ай бұрын

    Listen to Christopher Lee's version. It's hypnotizing.

  • @monkeyme210

    @monkeyme210

    9 ай бұрын

    Same

  • @KotlcIsMyLife

    @KotlcIsMyLife

    7 ай бұрын

    @@anna-leighlondon8383 That’s really impressive! I attempted memorizing it, but ended up quitting at the 9th verse

  • @josieluvsu

    @josieluvsu

    6 ай бұрын

    im having to memorize it rn lol

  • @shivamchatterjee2714
    @shivamchatterjee2714 Жыл бұрын

    "By that Heaven that bends above us By that God we both adore-" I broke down

  • @ImmuneGoon

    @ImmuneGoon

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s my favorite part as well

  • @laney3182
    @laney31822 жыл бұрын

    Poe: A GENIUS. A credit to our American History.

  • @Patriot-oi7mj

    @Patriot-oi7mj

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, an American treasure.

  • @jimmyjames950

    @jimmyjames950

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alcoholic equates to a genius .... cc...clever clown.lenore cheated an crazy clown spent life dreaming.i concur

  • @toots190
    @toots190 Жыл бұрын

    To the people who say the reader lacks emotion and "flair"...I'd say the lack of flair is what makes this reading so powerful. I literally felt this man's anguish, despair, and at the beginning of the poem, to me, there was such an exhausted note in his voice that worked perfectly. This Ving Rhames sound-alike guy did awesome to me. Just my opinion, let's not hate on each other's opinions. Let's just respect great writing and oratory skills

  • @anjmmasp8304

    @anjmmasp8304

    4 күн бұрын

    Some people need to realize Edgar Allan Poe writes depressing and Gothic poems

  • @mysticalmagic6172
    @mysticalmagic6172Ай бұрын

    Raven: Nevermore. Narrator: YOU LITTLE SHI-

  • @gaetanomontante5161
    @gaetanomontante51612 жыл бұрын

    I have known "The Raven" for 50 years. Until Mr. Morris cascaded his sounds on my eager ears, I never understood the anguish, the hope, the desperation, the resignation, the anger, and above it all, the love that the poem engenders. Thank you all involved for bringing to life this jewel of living poetry to let it enter our hearts in all of its sublime strength and tenderness.

  • @blackweavesmatted6241

    @blackweavesmatted6241

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have you heard Christopher Walken's version ? Walken is unbelievably unnerving in his performance. So natural . In my opinion everyone else just seems to be reading in comparison. Check it out if you haven't already ! God Bless .

  • @felipejorge4852

    @felipejorge4852

    2 жыл бұрын

    I strongly recommend Wayne June's version! Not nearly enough people are aware of his reading, but I consider it a true Gem! Check It out

  • @gaetanomontante5161

    @gaetanomontante5161

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Felipe and Black for your suggestions. I did open/listen to the Wayne John version of the Raven (the Christopher version I had listened to before). I concluded that just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the beauty of the sound of "performed" poetry is in the ear of the listener. Unfortunately, neither Wayne nor Christopher elicited in me the same emotional response as Morris' delivery which I am not embarrassed to confess that it brought me to tears. But, hey, that's only me. Be well and well "poemed," my friends.

  • @Stonefreaky

    @Stonefreaky

    2 жыл бұрын

    I got into this through The Strangelrs awesome album The Raven. Intriguing poem too.

  • @blackweavesmatted6241

    @blackweavesmatted6241

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gaetanomontante5161 God made us all different for a reason ! Thats a good thing ! Harry Chapin songs make me weep , but they may not be your cup of tea !

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs462 жыл бұрын

    I read this poem many times. I studied it in school, as others did. I don't remember ever realizing the dream-like tortured atmosphere that this poem represents. He lost Lenore and is haunted by her lost love and the absence. This narrator's voice is very good. I felt myself there, in the room, tormented by the tapping ,and the Raven. Good job Sir. Thank you. Truly.

  • @catcrazy67

    @catcrazy67

    Жыл бұрын

    Powerful perfect narration Poe was incredible

  • @sytherwusky

    @sytherwusky

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe it’s story about a man’s descent into madness after the lost of his lover

  • @danielrice5474

    @danielrice5474

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sytherwusky I think that too. But I also think a Raven really did visit him.

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    It is true, even now I miss Lorna (named Lenore in the writing) her real name Lorna. She was the one that pieced my chest with a rapier the night I wrote the Edgar Allan Poe book

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@danielrice5474 Lorna was the raven. She flew down from the mantel she perched on, with sword in lunge. I had to parry her attack. But she flew like a bird. Bird is what I call people that fly. Chicks are people that don't fly, because they are baby birds.

  • @Navygrl58
    @Navygrl582 жыл бұрын

    Aside from loving everything Edgar Allan Poe ever wrote, The Raven holds a special place in my heart. When I was in eighth grade, and I am 65 years old now, I memorized this poem for my English class because my teacher didn’t think I could do it. He told me if I could memorize the entire poem and recite it in front of the class I would never have to take another test for the rest of the year in English class. It took me two months at that age to memorize it, but I did it! Ever since then I have never forgotten this poem! Thanks for posting not only a truly gifted man’s work but a video that brought back some good memories! Happy Halloween everyone! 😊🎃🍂🍁👻.

  • @user-fl7zn2tn9q

    @user-fl7zn2tn9q

    8 ай бұрын

    That's a nice story. I wonder if your teacher, fulfilled her side of the bargain and didn't let you do tests for the rest of the year.

  • @Navygrl58

    @Navygrl58

    8 ай бұрын

    Yes, he did!☺️

  • @rorylidster4844

    @rorylidster4844

    7 ай бұрын

    happy Halloween

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    If you liked my Edgar Allan Poe book the song Achilles Come Down is one of my favorite songs I wrote. Poor Man's Poison is a favorite discography I recorded both you can find on youtube. By the way, I was the one that wrote the Edgar Allan Poe book and those are a song and set of albums I also wrote.

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Navygrl58 I would also recommend the Dream Theater albums I wrote and Death albums. My work as Mozart, Bach and Beethoven is great piano music with no lyrics But Dream Theater, Poor Man's Poison, Death, A Pale Horse Named Death, Achilles Come Down all have lyrics to them. Helloween is good too.

  • @azeeza2367
    @azeeza2367 Жыл бұрын

    This is just fantastic, nothing more

  • @krisvardhami3521
    @krisvardhami35212 ай бұрын

    That was so beautiful I cried

  • @ryanfagan6906
    @ryanfagan69063 жыл бұрын

    The way he filters his reality is beyond beautiful

  • @jonathancorbyn8203
    @jonathancorbyn82033 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again Red Frost, for another classic to take us outside of the stresses and strains of the day to day mundane.

  • @alexm7627

    @alexm7627

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is beauty to be found in the mundane :) read the book of ruth

  • @joycesparks2344

    @joycesparks2344

    Жыл бұрын

    More. ..please “for ever more”. …so pleasant to hear….

  • @TomZart
    @TomZart3 жыл бұрын

    EDGAR ALLAN POE & NOW !! One of America’s most famous writers Was born in Boston, January of 1809. Both his parents were failing actors And his father was drunk most the time. In 1810 Edgar’s dad disappeared His mother died soon after. A childless couple took him in Raising him with love and laughter. Edgar had a Negro nurse Who brought him to her quarters. There he listened to ghost stories Far beyond earthly borders. The strange tales he later wrote May have come from her inspiration. The words she used to describe death Gave Poe his taste for sensation. The Allan’s moved to England Where Poe attended boarding schools. There’s no doubt his time spent there Sharpened his skills as tools. Returning to Richmond and back in school He began to compose new verse. Heavy debts forced him to leave college As his life took a turn for the worse. Poe caught a ride on a coal barge to Boston Where he was unable to find employment. A young printer agreed to publish his poems Giving him hope and enjoyment. Penniless, Poe enlisted in the army And was accepted to West Point in 29. Poe couldn’t stand not being a writer Self-imposing his dismissal from The Line. Afterward he became an editor and critic And married his cousin who was thirteen. Six years later he discovered she was dying Suffering once more the unforeseen. He went through periods of insanity Caused by grieving and functional fall. He smoked opium and drank too much Till at his doorstep death would call. Edgar Allan Poe the master of verse Still lives in our hearts today Famous for The Raven and other great works May his soul rest in peace we pray. THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE IN YOUR HEART ! By Tom Zart Google = Most Published Poet Tom’s 1,650 Poems Are Free To Share! Google = George Bush Tom Zart

  • @Suhani_Arora

    @Suhani_Arora

    2 жыл бұрын

    Omg you're great!

  • @laurenchu4818

    @laurenchu4818

    2 жыл бұрын

    You smell like doododdo

  • @FrozenMermaid666

    @FrozenMermaid666

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am the only Master / Boss / Mistress / Leader / Star etc and the Master of verse etc, and the misused big term master must be edited out -- I am also the Lenore, and all those poems/ideas came from the one that runs the agency, not from Poe himself...

  • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038

    @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm the Lenore & the Virginia and the only wf(s) / gf(s) / bride(s) etc and the only girl(s) in the world -- The Raven was secretly written about me the rare & radiant maiden aka The Angel aka The God(dess) aka The Bird / The Bee / The Butterfly aka the beautiful being and the sainted maiden and the pure being (the opposite of womyn) etc, as are most other poems and lyrics!

  • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038

    @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    The oIdman who runs the agency put those ideas in the writer's mind for me -- the oIdman's been waiting for me for over one century...

  • @Glocklock
    @Glocklock9 күн бұрын

    I did not dare to stop this video when it started and a did not dare to skip a single second

  • @emlove2233
    @emlove22332 жыл бұрын

    Edgar Allen Poe was my moms favorite poet…rest in peace mom❤️

  • @emlove2233

    @emlove2233

    2 жыл бұрын

    @MannyGLA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🔥 I’m very sorry to hear that…prayers for you and your family. My moms death was sudden and unexpected…she had a blood clot of some kind. I learned lower back pain could mean your having a heart attack.

  • @intermix2580
    @intermix25803 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact the Baltimore ravens were name after this poem

  • @for6330

    @for6330

    3 жыл бұрын

    Edgar allan poe was also born in Baltimore

  • @freemind2025

    @freemind2025

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow thank you, I didn’t know that 💪🏼 (no sarcasm)

  • @OctoberEclipse

    @OctoberEclipse

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@for6330 lol Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston. He died in Baltimore 😂

  • @for6330

    @for6330

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@OctoberEclipse oh my mistake

  • @kiriuxeosa8716

    @kiriuxeosa8716

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats a lie! The ravens went back in time and showed their awesome football skills and the fear induced by said skills caused poe to immortalize them in writing!

  • @rickgarza2273
    @rickgarza22732 жыл бұрын

    One of his best, when I was teaching I would read "Tell Tale Heart" to my classes the day before Halloween, of course we would dinner then lights to darkn the classroom - so much fun.🎃

  • @marygibbons2263

    @marygibbons2263

    2 жыл бұрын

    My 7ty grade English teacher, the great Carol Lyons, did the same for my class. I have loved Poe ever since!

  • @malissahyatt2425

    @malissahyatt2425

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tell tale heart...Vincent Price.

  • @aprilwest2402

    @aprilwest2402

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Take heart ❤️

  • @tamedshrew235

    @tamedshrew235

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too! I loved teaching middle school lit in October.

  • @patriciajrs46

    @patriciajrs46

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't you hate it when spell correct and word-recognise-feature messes up your words? I know I do.

  • @clarkbrown4542
    @clarkbrown4542Ай бұрын

    I have never seen a poem stay in such a perfect rhythm and rhyme scheme while still having the most connotative words in the English language

  • @miggieSmallZ923
    @miggieSmallZ9232 жыл бұрын

    This reading really does calm my anxiety… Absolutely love it “Quoth The Raven Nevermore”

  • @fragfmgill

    @fragfmgill

    Жыл бұрын

    this shit gives me a panic attack

  • @fx-ry5iu
    @fx-ry5iu8 ай бұрын

    I’ve never thought I would ever be able to enjoy a poem that much while barely understanding it. From now on, I’ll be doing my best to learn English to a level that affords me the ability to enjoy the full spectrum of English literature

  • @cockoffgewgle4993

    @cockoffgewgle4993

    7 ай бұрын

    You don't need to understand it, you can just enjoy its flow and the melody of language created by the sounds of the words. Like music.

  • @sonjar.6489

    @sonjar.6489

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@cockoffgewgle4993Since you know the song and feel the melodiousness of the poetry, you can listen to the Croatian version of "The Raven".

  • @stonefndyfnaf2429
    @stonefndyfnaf24293 жыл бұрын

    A sad poem of loss and madness.

  • @Faiz_Alii

    @Faiz_Alii

    3 жыл бұрын

    So True 👍 Please Visit Once And Give Your Feedback 👍

  • @ronniew945

    @ronniew945

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very fucking sad. Fuck that raven

  • @alpha6549

    @alpha6549

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ronniew945 😂😂

  • @lazarus2790

    @lazarus2790

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ronniew945 🤣🤣

  • @PepperDarlington

    @PepperDarlington

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ronniew945 the raven was his guilt and internal torment. His psychoses.

  • @paulamcnama1499
    @paulamcnama14992 жыл бұрын

    First time reading this in my 48 years of life... The narrator has that perfect voice.. Loving the poem. X

  • @bobgarner44

    @bobgarner44

    Жыл бұрын

    have you heard James Earl Jones'?

  • @john80c
    @john80c Жыл бұрын

    Awesome reading

  • @tragical-history-tour
    @tragical-history-tour Жыл бұрын

    oh what an incredible voice this man has, it's so perfect for reciting poe. i hope there is an audiobook where he reads more of poe's work, i would love to hear the tell-tale heart.

  • @earthangels2620
    @earthangels26202 жыл бұрын

    A masterpiece… then, now, always

  • @wandabeasley3419

    @wandabeasley3419

    Жыл бұрын

    True that ❤️it always 👏👏👏🙏💯❤️

  • @ellierahamim8240

    @ellierahamim8240

    2 ай бұрын

    True. You definitely right

  • @Raven135
    @Raven1352 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully delivered! Bravo! Thank you for the upload. Where is such aching authentic talent today???? Never more...

  • @LearnFirstEarnNext
    @LearnFirstEarnNext3 жыл бұрын

    There is no life without a pain.

  • @julietterogers6887

    @julietterogers6887

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unless going on with a satisfied daily life of satisfied, primal decisions resulting in comfortable complacency with an open area for whatever, I’ve witnessed the opposite and sadly enough, I can’t even offer anything but hollow, expected inquiries. I keep the pain within and love without.

  • @Hallel2006

    @Hallel2006

    10 күн бұрын

    Life is pain and love and nothing more

  • @Castle1911_
    @Castle1911_3 жыл бұрын

    Edgar's life was a true tragedy.

  • @elizabethdiane3679

    @elizabethdiane3679

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ruvane Friebus I know the feeling lol

  • @kumararyan4852

    @kumararyan4852

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah! Van gogh, edgar, premchand were some of the many tragic artists

  • @khetab420hasam

    @khetab420hasam

    3 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps it is the tragedy that crafts masterpieces. Regardless, I believe being on the edge of life and still not giving up will transcend one.

  • @999titu

    @999titu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or was it?

  • @ba0700

    @ba0700

    2 жыл бұрын

    As was his death. A great man.

  • @DeadlyInsanaty
    @DeadlyInsanaty3 жыл бұрын

    This is a great reading of the poem, though my heart will always lie with Sir Christopher Lee's retelling of it.

  • @voidstarq

    @voidstarq

    2 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Lee's is solidly in the top 3, but to me, Christopher Walken is still "The Iron Raven", i.e., the one to beat. In his reading, he's not just reciting a poem, he's telling a *story*. More than any other reading I've found so far (and I've looked), his conveys the emotional state of the narrator at each stage of the story. I'd thought I understood the poem already, but nobody else has so effectively made me feel like I understood it from the writer's point of view.

  • @boondocksaint253

    @boondocksaint253

    2 жыл бұрын

    No one has to read this after Christopher Lee. He had the greatest voice I’ve ever heard.

  • @felipejorge4852

    @felipejorge4852

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@voidstarq I'm a fan of both Walken's and Wayne June's

  • @summerlynn6387

    @summerlynn6387

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@voidstarq Basil Rathbone does a great job! So far my favorite. listen if you haven't :)

  • @summerlynn6387

    @summerlynn6387

    2 жыл бұрын

    However, I think Christopher Lee could read absolutely anything and it sounds wonderful haha

  • @DespairDoctor
    @DespairDoctor2 жыл бұрын

    The best part about this poem aside from your reading, is that ravens are smart, it could both speak the word and understand its meaning. I mean it's not such a good thing for the character in the poem, the thought that he will never see his Lenore again, or be rid of the raven who is only tormenting him with that word and its presence, but it's cool to think it knows what it's doing and causes no end to the goosebumps and shivers I get when really letting the setting of the poem sink in and that is what October is about, spooky stuff.

  • @batfink274
    @batfink2742 жыл бұрын

    As a 4 year old I dreamt of a crow sitting on my bedroom door, i'm sure it was 4, no more. It was the most scared i've ever been, so scared i couldn't scream. Even now i couldn't tell you why it filled me with such dread, was it the way it threatened to peck my eyes from my head? It was so real it had to be a sign, for nothing after that was ever so sublime. It wasn't long after my father grabbed me by my thick head of unwashed hair and half drowned me under a freezing full force tap for lying to him about washing it. I was changed forever, never again did i look at him with the same love and admiraiton, never again did i trust him or anyone. Not long after that i was the victim of bullying at the hands of two older boys after school, not bad, they were just not letting me get take my bag, they kept throwing it over my head to the other one which as an onlooking parent was nothing, but as a sensitive child i was quite upset. My 1st teacher at the time told all 3 of us to report to the principles office the next morning instead of seeing the problem and rescuing my bag for me. That next morning i had to wait outside the principles office with the 2 boys in the cold wondering why i was here, what i had i done wrong, then one by one we were hit several times on out cold sensitive outstretched hands with a ruler and again i was traumatised, completely bewildered and in shock as to why i was being punished. Then if that wasn't bad enough, not long after that, i was chasing a friend who did something to me that i was trying to pay him back for and he ran onto the road and got hit by a thankfully slow moving car. The lady got out screaming to pick him off the ground and screamed that i'd pushed him onto the road. This happened not far from the bag incident and the same hateful red haired teacher sent from hell to punish me was there again and boy oh boy did she turn the world against me this time. No one, not even my parents believed i didn't push him in front of that car. My friend who was hit and his mother who worked for my father all hated me for it and i was left broken disbelieved and punished again for a crime i didn't commit. Oh yes, that crow was significant, my life was all downhill from there till i was 35. Many jobs, many houses, bouts of homelessness, many friends, many girl friends, zero stability, zero self esteem,. i was cursed by that crow. Many times i wished i'd be killed, many times i wanted to take my life but was too scared. There were many more tragedies but i won't bore you with them, i've already said way more than intended. I just hope never to see that crow in my dreams again.

  • @urbanroyalte3967

    @urbanroyalte3967

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love 💕 and light ✨ to you Bat

  • @batfink274

    @batfink274

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@urbanroyalte3967 Thank you ♥️

  • @ynnahacido1061
    @ynnahacido1061 Жыл бұрын

    "Never-nevermore" it gives me chills

  • @beefycheesecake
    @beefycheesecake2 жыл бұрын

    The first time i heard this was when james earl jones narrated it on the simpsons Halloween special, ive loved it ever since

  • @shellyt556

    @shellyt556

    Жыл бұрын

    The Simpson's was educational programming for a lot of is. The first time I heard it was in The Simpson's as well.

  • @FortWorthPost56
    @FortWorthPost5611 ай бұрын

    I had an amazing teacher Mrs. Stewart who sadly passed away from cancer. In her 8th grade class we studied Edgar Allan Poe. Stewart recorded several of Poe’s poems, I would give anything to hear them again. 20 years have gone by and this one section of schooling has stuck with me the most.

  • @landomando8815
    @landomando88153 жыл бұрын

    Love listening to these speeches. A month back one of them inspired to restart my channel and start growing. Thank you for that.

  • @Diana-gt1rv
    @Diana-gt1rv3 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful poem and I like the voice. 🖤

  • @tuesdayaddams007
    @tuesdayaddams0072 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely perfect for right now. October 2021. Love the person who created this. Brilliant. TA

  • @georgannhaeffner6589
    @georgannhaeffner6589 Жыл бұрын

    Such a great rendition! I love the raven’s wings fluttering!

  • @18Bees
    @18Bees3 жыл бұрын

    These really help me get over my inner struggles. Thank you so much.

  • @BirungiGillian
    @BirungiGillian2 жыл бұрын

    This is so beautiful. Started my favorite month with this.

  • @scottcarpenter9993
    @scottcarpenter9993 Жыл бұрын

    Yup, that is the best reading I've ever heard. The reader seems to understand what's being implored, and so the enunciation and pauses seem perfect.

  • @kingsleysalvo8674
    @kingsleysalvo86743 жыл бұрын

    Best read of this poem on the net. Shane Morris voice is so enchanting.

  • @flashbackcubsfan2055
    @flashbackcubsfan20553 жыл бұрын

    Wow!!!!!! I have to listen to it again and again!!!! Thank you

  • @ori_art_haas
    @ori_art_haas3 жыл бұрын

    This drew my in. So so well. I enjoyed that so much! Thank you very much! It made me feel so many feeling. I was happy and sad, I smiled, looked and imagined and saw received the poam happening almost as being in it myself. Much peaceful bliss!

  • @Suntouso
    @Suntouso2 жыл бұрын

    I loved Edgar’s his works since I was in the 3rd Grade when the Teachers really started teaching our classes in Houston Texas school system.

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    I wrote more than just the Edgar Allan Poe book. I wrote a lot of music, as well as medical text books, the Albert Einstein and Miguel Alcubierre papers on quantum mechanics and Warp Drive Engines. The equation E=MC2 was to remind myself how to make warp speed happen.

  • @LOFTIB
    @LOFTIBАй бұрын

    This is a perfect reading of these wonderful words.

  • @suelilusantos4460
    @suelilusantos44603 жыл бұрын

    Thanks fo the time you spend, giving us the plesure to hear your voice.😍🤩

  • @emwing1458
    @emwing1458 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! I memorized this 50 years ago, in high school, during a prolonged illness in bed, and I still remembered 2/3 of it just now! The use of tone and syllables and rhythm is peerless. MUST be read aloud to be groked.

  • @korahumor
    @korahumor3 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite poems. Thank you for the great reciting.

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    If you like "The Raven" I recommend Edgar Allan Poe's song Achilles Come Down and his Dream Theater albums. They are sung in his own voice.

  • @robertkennedy1666
    @robertkennedy16662 ай бұрын

    This sole writing is what has inspired me to become a writer...I've written much deeper than this since

  • @sarahsb2237
    @sarahsb22372 жыл бұрын

    His voice is mesmerising even hyponotic. I liked this very much

  • @yokimawhittaker5193
    @yokimawhittaker5193 Жыл бұрын

    He was only 40 year's old when he passed. He died in an alley and his body was put in a grave with no coffin until later. He lived a sad life. He didn't have a proper burial.

  • @johnbyrne2127
    @johnbyrne21273 жыл бұрын

    Great poem, beautifully spoken.

  • @caramason56
    @caramason56 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant poet ❤️ and a most beautiful Poem

  • @krimezofkolor4683
    @krimezofkolor46838 ай бұрын

    This beautiful poem is forever one of my favs . It’s a realistic feeling of grief that we all unfortunately will experience . The raven is specific to your own thoughts on what losing someone really means . 🥺😅

  • @israelmcclure2771
    @israelmcclure27712 ай бұрын

    I have a lighter with a red eyed raven on it under the moon that says "nevermore" now im obsessed with this poem and i found out raven's can be trained to say "nevermore." Edgar Allen Poe is a genius or should i say Night pain?

  • @brd55
    @brd55 Жыл бұрын

    I agree 100%. This is the best reading of this immortal poem I could find here. Shane Morris not only have a fantastic voice, but he is also able to create a very similar music of words to what I hear when I read this poem silently. Thank you for posting this!

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    The person that wrote the Edgar Allan Poe book also wrote sang the song Achilles Come Down

  • @marlenegerdts7711
    @marlenegerdts77112 жыл бұрын

    I became aware of this master in junior college and 60 years later, all I remembered was the name of the poem and the name of its author. However, today, I am in awe again listening to this beautiful poem. Such masterful reading of this poem. Thank you.

  • @AuLit_en
    @AuLit_en6 ай бұрын

    Wow... The first sounds of this terrific voice gave me goosebumps. It's like some kind of a meditation, listening to it. Marvellous. Thanks.

  • @reddeath7703
    @reddeath77032 жыл бұрын

    I've been looking for a good reading of this poem for so long and this is definitely the best it could ever be. What a voice full of feeling. I had goosebumps from start to end, incredible.

  • @ellaritter
    @ellaritter3 жыл бұрын

    fantastic narration, as always! may i suggest you do a byron poem next? maybe "she walks in beauty" or "darkness"?

  • @curlymixednezz
    @curlymixednezz2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely amazing!

  • @candaceleila249
    @candaceleila249 Жыл бұрын

    Yes. The best reading. exceptional tone, timing and interpretation. Never...nevermoore

  • @jimina8474
    @jimina84742 жыл бұрын

    I literally can stop listening to this, his voice is so calming!

  • @nishanthemrajani2477
    @nishanthemrajani24773 жыл бұрын

    This is a masterpiece! The best reading of The Raven. I had never read the poem but I now understand the hype. We all need more content like this!

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    Жыл бұрын

    It won't happen, the woman that inspired it out of me in our encounters hates me. I did too many unforgivable things to her and thus I stopped writing. Because she was always what inspired me to. To try to create a lasting legacy so everyone would know Lenore is the greatest sword fighter the world ever knew. Lenore still hasn't realized, she was right long before she walked out of my house and left me heartbroken knowing she wouldn't be back. But the second time, the heart break wasn't from a sword. Just the knowledge she wanted me to suffer, because she thought I wasn't in love with her already.

  • @toonmati

    @toonmati

    Жыл бұрын

    Thou shall not utilize the word “hype” under Sir Poe’s name. Be dammed, distant stranger!

  • @DerSchleier

    @DerSchleier

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toonmati Well said!

  • @mrgott5376
    @mrgott5376 Жыл бұрын

    This is one of the most mesmerizing recitals of The Raven that I have come across yet. Christopher Walken did one and so did Vincent Price which are both pretty good. This one, I have on repeat. And, I named my daughter Raven.

  • @burrito2261
    @burrito2261 Жыл бұрын

    I love this poem it is just so raw and just gets my heart going.....

  • @prkzoomin6994
    @prkzoomin69943 жыл бұрын

    Be yourself, People don't have to like you and you don't have to care.

  • @pelbombshell776
    @pelbombshell7762 жыл бұрын

    This is a song as well as a poem. Such great artistry. I have always loved Poe but this... This is pure genius

  • @valdirbergamobergamo5396
    @valdirbergamobergamo53963 жыл бұрын

    Nevermore I have read this poem many a time, but it lacked something special. You Put life and color into those brilliant sentences. The Black color. The dark, the obscure and the dread gained more Energy. 💯 Congratulations, divine!!!

  • @Rava7891
    @Rava7891 Жыл бұрын

    What a beatifully sad poem! and a trully great interpretation.

  • @Lazdinger
    @Lazdinger Жыл бұрын

    It was The Simpsons that made me fall in love with this poem when I was but a wee lad. I loved James Earl Jones' reading; though it was in a comical context, that's how I discovered Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven has been one of my favourite pieces of literature since I was a child.

  • @jamesclouse9947

    @jamesclouse9947

    Жыл бұрын

    I am also here because of the Simpsons. I loved that episode and it made me go find the real poem

  • @kathygolonka6944
    @kathygolonka69442 жыл бұрын

    I adore Poe I can read his works over and over again and never be bored. Its beautiful, Vincent Price was the best to bring to life in film best combo.

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    If you want to hear Edgar Allan Poe sing, I recommend the song Achilles Come Down and the Dream Theater albums.

  • @elizabethpaul7225
    @elizabethpaul7225 Жыл бұрын

    There were people like us who had gone through the same path that we go through now presently,,,has explained his life beautifully rhyming,,

  • @Griede26
    @Griede262 жыл бұрын

    love the image. the eyes of a man staring in to the oblivion that is all that remains of his heart. rarely is it that a soul is so devoted to another.

  • @peacelovejoy8786

    @peacelovejoy8786

    2 жыл бұрын

    And alcohol too! He most definitely a tortured soul... sad

  • @darlay5851
    @darlay58513 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully read. EAP is still amazing!

  • @SIX622
    @SIX6223 жыл бұрын

    Only my favourite poem of all time. I heard a reading of this once by the late Sir Christopher Lee. Chilling. Rhyming ‘window lattice’ with ‘what thereat is’ is a great rhyming couplet. Thank you. 6

  • @cincin4515

    @cincin4515

    2 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Lee? Wow.

  • @serenascott2987
    @serenascott29872 ай бұрын

    It was this poem that made me fall in love with poetry.

  • @Doomted90
    @Doomted908 ай бұрын

    This is an excellent reading! I'm an I insomniac that memorized this ages ago to help me get to sleep instead of counting sheep. I will also perform it when asked by friends or family... I roll through the play of emotions as I recite and almost end up in tears... this does it for me too! TLDR: 😢😢😢 Good work sir!

  • @shadowofwolves777
    @shadowofwolves7773 жыл бұрын

    My favorite thank you so much

  • @hmellas9948
    @hmellas99482 жыл бұрын

    The best reading I ever heard of this poem was actually done by my HS English teacher, Mr. G. By the end of the poem, the narrator had clearly been driven insane. Mr. G was literally yelling and raving and pounding on the podium... we were all too mesmerized to read along in our books, but Mr. G had it memorized.

  • @CheatOnlyDeath
    @CheatOnlyDeath7 ай бұрын

    Hauntingly beautiful. For the few who have never ventured beyond Poe's Raven I can highly recommend the even darker and sadder Ulalume.

  • @mariaisabelmorallidearruda4763
    @mariaisabelmorallidearruda4763 Жыл бұрын

    Amo o trabalho de Poe. Linda leitura ❤

  • @brendananthony9601
    @brendananthony96013 жыл бұрын

    Honestly. I think the poetry is my favorite.

  • @InspirationFromThePast
    @InspirationFromThePast3 жыл бұрын

    This really spoke to me, I very much enjoyed it, thank you for all these years of hard work and soul you put into reaching a mastery of your voice and making your videos.

  • @happygilmore2088
    @happygilmore2088 Жыл бұрын

    The embracing of knowledge of one's past the present does not take away from the loss of the past but with a smile forward one must go it is the very depth of the loss that brings a smile to my face Wade and measured the truth be known the past is the past and does one ever find their way home excellent reading

  • @rosesperfumelace
    @rosesperfumelace9 ай бұрын

    The BEST rendition of this poem. This poem brings tears to my eyes. A poem about the death of his wife. 😢

  • @saram806
    @saram8062 жыл бұрын

    In poetry, as in life, the moments of silence are as important as the words themselves. Beautifully read.

  • @djordjemaletic5667
    @djordjemaletic56673 жыл бұрын

    Whoever at KZread decided to put midroll ads in this should burn in hell for all eternity

  • @wades623

    @wades623

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think once you are able to monetize videos you can choose where to put them

  • @Leomurguia
    @Leomurguia3 жыл бұрын

    So beautiful and well read. Thanks a lot

  • @angelshorty3811
    @angelshorty38113 жыл бұрын

    I Love This!!! I've listened to four others before finding this spoken version. I had to learn this in high school and never remembered the entire version... Now finding this, hopefully I can listen to while working and commit it to memory!

  • @RNicolasRuvalcaba

    @RNicolasRuvalcaba

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can give you a tip on memorizing this. Print out 3 pages, each page with 6 stanza's. Then memorize one page at a time, this way it won't seem so overwhelming. I memorized the first 6 stanza's 100% before moving on to the next 6, etc. I did a lot of reciting in my car in traffic. Once you have it memorized you'll probably never forget it... like lyrics to a great song.

  • @kaitlyntrautman7949
    @kaitlyntrautman79492 жыл бұрын

    I love Edgar Allan Poe🖤, The man reading this his voice is perfect 🤌🏻

  • @patriciajrs46

    @patriciajrs46

    2 жыл бұрын

    Poe's thinking was macabre perfection. I loved The Cask of Amontillado. What a story!

  • @CalamitousJonathan

    @CalamitousJonathan

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for loving my Edgar Allan Poe book. Might I recommend my music? Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Camina Burana. But if you are interested in music I sang on Dream Theater, Helloween, A Pale Horse Named Death, Death and the song Achilles Come Down

  • @AffirmationsForGrowth
    @AffirmationsForGrowth3 жыл бұрын

    Man this is fantastic content. Keep up with the depth of work.

  • @meteor2012able
    @meteor2012able Жыл бұрын

    WONDERFUL ❤️ 🦋 🐦 🐈 😻 🐶 🐕 READ....THANK YOU!!!!

  • @saidhassanieh1566
    @saidhassanieh15662 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this great poem (I first read in school years ago) I consider it one of the lov;iest poems to me.