Raven
That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—/__________ there and nothing more.
darkness
Fill in the blank:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a _________ by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
kingdom
Which poem did Poe write AFTER the death of his wife?
Annabel Lee
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s _________ shore!”
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Plutonian
What is the literary device used here:
While I nodded nearly NAPPING, suddenly there came a TAPPING.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
internal rhyme
Fill in the blank:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of _________. ______ (2 words)
DAILY DOUBLE!!
forgotten lore
Fill in the blank: With a love that the wingèd _________ of Heaven/Coveted her and me.
seraphs
Where did Poe die? (What city)
DAILY DOUBLE
Philadelphia
Then this ebony bird ____________ my sad fancy into smiling,
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
beguiling
What is this literary device: ghastly, gaunt, ungainly fowl
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
alliteration
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow/From my books _________ of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
surcease
Fill in the blank:
And neither the angels in Heaven above/Nor the demons down under the sea/Can ever _________my soul from the soul/Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
dissever
the sickness that Poe's wife and mother die of
Tuberculosis
“Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no_________"
craven
The first word in "The Tell-Tale Heart"
True!
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,/In there stepped a _______ Raven of the saintly days of yore;
stately
Fill in the blank: With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven/__________ her and me.
coveted
Which football team is named in honor of Poe?
Baltimore Ravens
But, with ________ of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—
mien
How does the narrator in TTH feel about the old man?
He loved him!
Not the least ___________ made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
obeisance
Fill in the blank:
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,
In her ___________ there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
sepulchre
Poe had a theory where everything in a work of literature should be connected. This was called the:
Unity of Effect
nepenthe
What literary device is used when describing the sounds of TAPPING and RAPPING
onomatopoeia