About what kind of bird did each of these people write: a. Edgar Allen Poe b. John Keats c. Percy Bysshe Shelley

These three iconic poems capture birds not as simple animals, but as powerful symbols of human emotion, from despair to pure joy. Edgar Allan Poe’s famous narrative poem, "The Raven," features the ominous, talking bird that torments a grieving scholar with the single, chilling word "Nevermore." Its gothic horror and unforgettable imagery have made it a natural fit for the screen, inspiring several films, including a classic 1963 horror-comedy starring Vincent Price and a 2012 thriller with John Cusack as Poe.

In a much different tone, the Romantic poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley chose songbirds as their muses. In "Ode to a Nightingale," Keats listens to the bird's beautiful, immortal song and contemplates it as a perfect escape from the pain and suffering of human life. In "To a Skylark," Shelley celebrates the soaring bird as a "blithe Spirit," an unseen source of pure, uninhibited happiness (Review) whose song is a form of divine inspiration that humanity can only aspire to.

The link between this classic poetry and cinema is surprisingly strong. Beyond the direct adaptations of Poe's work, the lives of the poets and the creation