CHARACTERS
The narrator can be described as -
suspicious
scared
cautious
What is the setting of the poem?
Narrator's bedroom at night
What is the TONE at the beginning of the poem?
calm/peaceful
Alliteration
Synonyms for SCARY
creepy, terrifying, frightening, haunting
This character said nevermore multiple times.
The Raven?
What time of the narrator's day is it?
Bedtime
Whats adds to the somber/ melancholy tone?
His loss of Lenore
It being set at night
Him hearing whispering and knocking
"dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor..."
Create alliteration with RAVEN
answers vary as long as it is ALLITERATION
How would the narrator describe The Raven?
stately
terrifying
What does the narrator hear that disrupts his rest?
Tapping/ rapping on the door
"Let me see, then, what threat it is, and this mystery explore....."
This shows a tone of -
confidence
"Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. - Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door"
Repetition
In the poem what rhymed with LENORE
Nevermore
How does the narrator change?
calm/ peaceful > terrified/ horrified
What was the raven's attitude throughout the poem?
calm/ serious/ unchanging
on this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore..."
How as the tone changed?
frustrated/ scared/ upset
"To the fowl whose fiery eyes nor burned into my bosom's core..."
imagery
What is an ANTONYM for darkness
light
This "radiant maiden" is Edgar Allen Poe's main flame.
LENORE
What affect does the raven have on the setting?
Makes it creepier/ more intense
What was the TONE of the POEM?
Eerie/ disturbing/ frightening
"And the lamp-light over him streaming throws his shadow on the floor..."
Personification
Which NFL team's mascot is named POE after this poem/ poet?
THE BALTIMORE RAVENS