The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Parts of a Poem
100

What color is the Raven?

Black

100

In what year was The Raven published?

1845

100

Mrs. DeLuca

Noun

100

morrow

tomorrow

100

the repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a line

Consonance

200

The woman of interest

Who is Lenore

200

What city has a statue of The Raven outside his house?

Philadelphia

200

jumped

verb

200

placid

pleasantly calm or peaceful

200

to give human characters to something inhuman

Personification

300

In what month does he refer to in the poem, The Raven?

December

300

In what city did Edgar die?

Baltimore

300

Quickly

Adverb

300

Melancholy

a gloomy state of mind

300

the repetition of one or more initial sounds

Alliteration

400

Where did the poem take place

In his chamber

400

What do some people think he died from?

Alcoholism

400

Ouch!

Interjection

400

Chamber

a room

400

the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Assonance

500

What word does the Raven repeat? 

What is Nevermore

500

What happened in 1827?

He enlisted in the army.

500

But...

Conjunction

500

lore

a body of knowledge

500

Fluttered

Onomatopoeia

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