The Basics
The author of "The Raven"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
"grim, ungainly, ghastly, guant" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
Stanza 6: "Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore- Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;-
What is curiosity?
"Quoth"
When was the poem written?
1845
"Quoth the raven..."
What is "Nevermore?"
"Let me see then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore. Let my heart be still a moment, and this mystery explore." is an example of this literary term.
What is repetition?
Stanza 2: "From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore-"
What is sorrow?
Athena is represented by
What is "The Bust of Pallas?"
What color is a raven?
Black
The "radiant maiden."
Who is "Lenore"
The phrase “the lamplight gloated o’er” is an example of this literary device.
What is personification?
Stanza 4: "That I scarce was sure I heard you - here I opened wide the door;- Darkness there, and nothing more."
What is confusion?
“Take thy beak from out my heart…” –Symbolizes...
Emotional pain
What does the narrator call the raven throughout the poem?
A prophet
The time of day this poem takes place.
What is midnight?
"Fantastic terrors"
What is Oxymoron?
Stanza 17: "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
What is anger?
"Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.”
What is an angel?
How many stanzas are in the poem?
18
The month this poem takes place.
What is December?
The rhyme scheme throughout the poem.
ABCBBB
Weary, Lore, Tapping, Door, Door, More.
December, Floor, Borrow, Lenore, Lenore, Evermore...
‘Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!’
What is hopeless?
The definition of nepenthe.
The color of the "silken sad uncertain rustling curtains".
Purple