The Evening Mirror

Located at the corner of Nassau and Ann Street in New York City, The Evening Mirror was a daily newspaper that ran for roughly 15 years (1844-1859). Edgar Allan Poe worked at this site from October 1844 to Feburary 1845 as both a critic and an editor. It was through this newspaper company that Poe was able to publish "The Raven" on January 29, 1845.

Articles

https://poets.org/text/walking-tour-edgar-allan-poes-publishers-row-new-york-city

https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030607/

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Coordinates

Latitude: 40.710712700000
Longitude: -74.007393900000

Timeline of Events Associated with The Evening Mirror

Date Event Manage

Grip the Raven
29 Jan 1845

"The Raven" is Published

New York's The Evening Mirror, published Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" for the very first time. The macabre poem is centered around the narrator. In the beginning, he is alone in his study, mourning a woman named Lenore. He hears what he believes to be knocking at the door, but soon discovers that it's coming from the window. When he opens it, a talking raven flies into the study (whether the raven could genuinely talk or if it was simply a delusion of the narrator's is up to interpretation). The only word it utters is, "Nevermore," which the narrator takes as a sign that he'll never be reunited with his dead love. The poem gained Poe some popularity, but he didn't attain much money from the publication.

If you read "The Raven" here, you'll notice that most of it is a trochaic octameter. In other words, there are eight beats a line with stressed syllables followed by unstressed syllables.

Sources

https://www.poemuseum.org/poes-works-and-timeline