What is the title of Edgar Allan Poe's essay that explains the writing of 'The Raven'?

The title of Edgar Allan Poe’s essay explaining the writing of “The Raven” is “The Philosophy of Composition.” Poe published the essay in Graham’s Magazine in April 1846, presenting a deliberately logical account of how he supposedly constructed his famous poem.

The essay discusses literary technique, including the importance of a unified emotional effect, controlled length, and carefully chosen words. Poe uses “The Raven” to illustrate how he selected the setting, refrain, tone, and subject of the poem.

Readers sometimes confuse this essay with “The Poetic Principle,” another Poe essay about literature and beauty. “The Philosophy of Composition” is the one specifically associated with Poe’s explanation of “The Raven.” Scholars also debate how literally to take Poe’s account, since he may have shaped the essay as much for literary effect as for autobiography.