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Vocabulary
Elements of Poetry
The Raven
Signs & Symbols
Despair
100
In poetry, we refer to the narrating voice as this.
What is the speaker?
100
The recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in a line of poetry. In short, the rhythm in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
100
A head-and-shoulders statue of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, upon which the raven is perched.
What is bust of Pallas?
100
From the Hebrew "Eden"; paradise
What is (distant) Aidenn
100
a medicine used by the ancients to bring forgetfulness of sorrow; an anti-depressant.
What is nepenthe?
200
To drink heartily
What is quaff?
200
eight metrical feet per line
What is octameter?
200
These are examples of this literary device: Uncertain rustling of the curtains; his beating heart; gentle rapping; faintly tapping; etc.
What is sound imagery?
200
Represents that the s
What is ?
200
"From my books -------- of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore"
What is surcease?
300
One's appearance or demeanor.
What is mien?
300
The combination of stressed and unstressed syllables in a unit of meter in a line of poetry
What is foot?
300
The only thing spoken by the Raven throughout the poem.
What is "nevermore"?
300
A symbol of fear, loneliness, death, and ill omen.
What is the Raven?
300
Rest or relief from suffering
What is respite?
400
Contains a particular kind of foot that has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
What is trochaic?
400
The speaker's lost love?
What is Lenore?
400
A healing compound made from a bush that grew plentifully in Gilead. Symbolizing relief from one's suffering.
What is balm in Gilead?
400
A phrase in which Poe brings darkness and night together with Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld, and possibly the shore of the afterlife.
What is Night's Plutonian shore?
500
Respect or deference
What is obeisance?
500
The occurrence of the same consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
500
1. appearing stately and aristocratic 2. perched above his chamber door 3. with many a flirt and flutter
What are three characteristics of the raven?
500
'One can never overcome the loneliness and despair brought about by the loss of one's true love.'
What is the Central One Idea of "The Raven"?