# Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems

Poe's best-known poems, from "The Raven" to "Annabel Lee", the ones taught, recited and parodied the most.

- 175 votes · 15 items
- Aug 26, 2022 · vinylhead_grumpy
- https://even.best/en/l/2620/edgar-allan-poe-s-most-famous-poems

## Top 15

1. **The Raven** (17 · ▲18 ▼1) — 1845. A grieving man and a bird that repeats one word.
2. **The Bells** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — 1849. Four kinds of bells, from joy to dread.
3. **A Dream Within a Dream** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — 1849. Is all that we see a dream?
4. **Annabel Lee** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — 1849. His last complete poem, about a lost love by the sea.
5. **Alone** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — 1829. A young poet who never felt like the others.
6. **Eldorado** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 1849. A knight's lifelong search.
7. **Lenore** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 1843. A lament for a dead young woman.
8. **To Helen** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — 1831. Classical beauty in a few lines.
9. **Ulalume** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1847. A haunting walk to a tomb.
10. **The Conqueror Worm** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — 1843. Life as a tragic play; later inserted in "Ligeia".
11. **Israfel** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — 1831. An angel who sings better than any poet.
12. **The Haunted Palace** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1839. A poem that appears inside "The Fall of the House of Usher".
13. **Tamerlane** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1827. The long poem of his first book.
14. **The City in the Sea** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — 1845. Death on a throne in a sunken city.
15. **Sonnet—To Science** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — 1829. Science as a vulture that kills poetry.

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