Edgar Allen Poe's The Philosophy Of Comparison

In “The Philosophy of Comparison” Edgar Allen Poe, famous writer, gives inside explanation of his methods and approaches on how a good writer strives to write well. Poe’s idea behind this piece of writing was for one to improve their writing to become a stronger writer. He clarifies this by giving a step-by -step breakdown of his poem “The Raven”. The Raven is one of the most well known pieces of writing in Poe’s career as a writer, he wrote this piece after the death of his wife, Loren. He kept them poem relatively short at a hundred and eight lines starting with the 15th stanza and building the rest of it around that 15th stanza. In this text Poe states that there are three essential theories linked to the success of literature. Length,