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...himself, in his Philosophy of Composition, gives the meaning and method of The Raven. He says : "The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world — and equally it is beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover. ... I had...

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