Literary Terms
A word or phrase is repeated for emphasis
What is repetition
The Greek god of the underworld
Who is Pluto?
"Vainly I had sought to borrow/From my books surcease of sorrow"
He was reading books hoping to forget his sadness for a while
Word for the day after today
What is morrow?
What does merely mean?
Only
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza
Pallas is another name for this Greek goddess of wisdom and war
Who is Athena?
"Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,/It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore - "
Will I hold my love again in heaven?
Word meaning to stop
What is surcease?
What is a tempest?
A storm
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem
What is the rhyme scheme?
A healing potion mentioned in the Bible that the speaker in this poem asks the raven about
What is Balm in Gilead?
"On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before." Then the bird said "Nevermore."
The speaker thinks the bird will leave like all of his other friends have left, but the bird says, no, I'm never leaving you, buddy
Word meaning statue from the shoulders up
What is bust?
What does ominous mean?
threatening or scary
When the rhyme is located inside the line, instead of at the end of lines
What is internal rhyme?
Seraphim in the Bible were these creatures
What are angels?
"Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
Word meaning chest area
What is bosom?
What is a plume?
A feather
When the author references a known story
What is an allusion?
The Raven alludes to this drug from The Odyssey that makes you forget
What is nepenthe?
"Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly"
The speaker was shocked to hear the bird talk
Word meaning sadness/depression
What is melancholy?
What would a pallid fiend be?
A pale enemy