Facts about Poe
This is the reason the narrator says he killed the old man.
What is because of the old man’s “vulture eye”?
Edgar Allan Poe is credited with writing the very first modern story in this mystery-solving genre.
What is the detective story?
And the silken sad uncertain (notice the repeated sound).
What is alliteration?
The narrator tries to convince the reader that he is not this.
What is insane (or mad)?
Poe’s detective, C. Auguste Dupin, appeared before this more famous detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
The narrator in The Raven is mourning the loss of this woman.
Who is Lenore?
The old man's chopped up body.
What is under the floorboards?
In Annabel Lee, the speaker says he and Annabel Lee lived in a kingdom by this natural feature.
What is sea?
Both The Raven and Annabel Lee deal with this powerful theme that continues even after death.
What is eternal love (or love and loss)?
The sound that drives the narrator to confess is described as this.
What is the beating of the old man’s heart?
Poe helped establish the modern form of this short, suspenseful kind of story that can be read in one sitting.
What is the short story?
The repeated word “Nevermore” in The Raven is an example of this poetic device.
What is repetition (or refrain)?
This literary technique is used when the narrator says he is sane but his actions show otherwise.
What is irony?
On the pallid bust of Pallas
Where did the raven land?
Poe is often called the “Father” of this literary genre that blends horror, death, and the macabre.
What is Gothic literature (or Gothic fiction) or horror?
An angel that acts out God's justice (God's "muscle").
What is a seraphim?