Characters
The protagonist of the poem.
Who is the unnamed speaker?
The raven landed on this when he first came in.
What is "above the chamber door"?
At first, when the Raven says "Nevermore" the speaker believe it's this.
What is its name?
"grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
A term for requesting or pleading for entry.
What is entreating?
This character repeats the phrase "Nevermore!"
Who is the Raven?
The story takes place during this time of day.
What is midnight?
The speaker believes the Raven has learned the word "Nevermore" from.
What is "some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster/Followed fast and followed faster"?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" is an example of this. (3 possible answers)
What is internal rhyme, alliteration, and imagery?
A drink which makes one forget sorrow.
What is a nepenthe?
This character whispered "Lenore!"
Who is the speaker?
This was 'unbroken'.
What is silence?
The speaker gets angry with the Raven because he thinks.
What is here to taunt him about the loss of his Lenore?
"And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door" is an example of. (2 possible answers)
What is onomatopoeia and repetition?
Term for a gesture indicating respect, manner.
What is obeisance?
This is the bust/statue that the the raven perched upon.
What is the bust of Pallas?
This is the color of the 'silken sad uncertain' curtains.
What is purple?
What does the speaker mean when he says, "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
What is, the Raven's words have figuratively hurt him so much that he needs him to leave?
"Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken" is an example of.
What is simile?
A term pertaining to the classical underworld.
What is Plutonian (shore)?
This "radiant maiden" whom the speaker has lost.
Who is Lenore?
The story occurred during this bleak month.
What is December?
Ultimately, the Raven in the poem symbolizes.
What is death, despair, and loneliness?
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting" is an example of. (Must have all 3 answers)
What is internal rhyme, alliteration, and repetition?
A term meaning to drink.
What is to quaff?