This is a stiff manakin of the final design for the life - size of it statue of Edgar Allan Poe that will be unveil on October 5 , 2014 at 2 pm , at the corner of Boylston Street and Charles Street South in Boston , which is also named “ Edgar Allan Poe Square . ” It ’s got Poe with his coating flapping in the wind , a bag , and raven heralding his arrival .
Stefanie Rocknak ’s design was selected out 265 other artists from 42 nation and 13 state with the marriage offer for “ Poe Returning to Boston ” :
I propose to throw away a life - size figure of Poe in bronze . Just off the power train , the figure would be walking to the south towards his property of birth , where his female parent and Church Father once last . Poe , with a bole full of approximation — and worldwide success — is in the end coming home . His reflexion is complex . He is driven and his stride is critical . His face reflects a mixture of pain , anger and unhappiness , and from some angles , a subtle sense of hope . As he walk towards Carver Street , he openly dismisses what is behind him with his left hand ; the Frogpondians to the north . Boston is not claiming Poe , Poe is claiming Boston . To punctuate this , he leaves a literal newspaper trail behind him . He has not only left his mark on the world , he has exit it on the city of his birth . His idea are jump off off the page and cascade out of his body ; a nub consist just behind him , and an oversized Raven explodes to the south . The Raven , which has become symbolic of Poe ’s brooding creative spirit , visually reflects Poe ; his coat mimics the raven ’s wing , and , like a chick , Poe is slightly pigeon - toed . They are one , heading up - wind towards their net resting place .
While the Corvus corax will rightfully draw a lot of attention , there are some smaller details that are just as great . Note the heart spilling out of his trunk , along with his report .
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