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What is the tone of Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven"?

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"The Raven" has a melancholic tone. This derives from its topic, which is death, and the mournful language of the speaker, who is a lonely man left without his beautiful lover.
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"The Raven" has a melancholic tone. This derives from its topic, which is death, and the mournful language of the speaker, who is a lonely man left without his beautiful lover.
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