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Lenore by Edgar Allan Poe

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Lenore

Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Narrator
Sam Kusi
Publisher
Bookstream Audiobooks
Publish Date
22 January 2026
Run Time
2 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Classic fiction: literary and general
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"Lenore" is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, "A Paean", and was not published as "Lenore" until 1843. The poem discusses proper decorum in the wake of the death of a young woman, described as "the queenliest dead that ever died so young". The poem concludes: "No dirge shall I upraise,/ But waft the angel on her flight with a paean of old days!" Lenore's fiancé, Guy de Vere, finds it inappropriate to "mourn" the dead; rather, one should celebrate their ascension to a new world. Unlike most of Poe's poems relating to dying women, "Lenore" implies the possibility of meeting in paradise.

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Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Narrator
Sam Kusi
Duration
2 minutes
Release Date
22 January 2026
ISBN
9783711953070
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Bookstream Audiobooks
Genre
Classic fiction: literary and general

Synopsis

"Lenore" is a poem by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. It began as a different poem, "A Paean", and was not published as "Lenore" until 1843. The poem discusses proper decorum in the wake of the death of a young woman, described as "the queenliest dead that ever died so young". The poem concludes: "No dirge shall I upraise,/ But waft the angel on her flight with a paean of old days!" Lenore's fiancé, Guy de Vere, finds it inappropriate to "mourn" the dead; rather, one should celebrate their ascension to a new world. Unlike most of Poe's poems relating to dying women, "Lenore" implies the possibility of meeting in paradise.

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