Gothic Genre
What is the setting of "The Raven"?
December, in the speaker's chambers
What was the speaker doing before the Raven arrived?
Reading old, forgotten books of yore
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil –
prophet still, if bird or devil!
...
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil –
prophet still, if bird or devil!
Repetition
plume
feather
The Raven is an example of what in the Gothic genre?
The supernatural / the monster
What is the Raven doing at the end of the poem?
He stayed there forever.
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Personification
undaunted
unfettered; not scared or affected
What time period is "The Raven" set in?
Unspecified ancient "yore"
What is happening in the lines: "Then, methought, the / air grew denser, / perfumed from an unseen censer / Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls / tinkled on the tufted floor."
He thinks he sees or feels a ghost coming across the floor.
What element is used in the lines, "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal / ever dared to dream before;"
Alliteration
decorum
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
What is the Gothic genre a marriage between? What other two genres?
Horror and Romanticism
Where Lenore is / if he's seen her
And the Raven, never flitting,
still is sitting, still is sitting
Rhyme
obeisance
bow, curtsy, or other gesture of respect given in deference or homage
Where did the Gothic genre in literature originate from?
Gothic architecture and art; the Visigoths (Germanic tribe)
What is the speaker telling the Raven:
"Get thee back into the tempest
and the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Get out of his room, but specifically, back to hell where he came from.
What is the reference to the bust of Pallas called in literature?
Allusion
nepenthe
drug or drink, likely inducing a pleasurable sense of forgetfulness