The Raven Study Guide – Flashcards
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When does the poem take place?
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Once upon a midnight dreary
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THe narrator is lamenting the loss of whom?
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Lenore
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When the narrator opens the door, he finds no one there. Where is the Raven?
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On the window lattice
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Besides "Nevermore" what else does the Raven say?
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He didn't say anything else
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What does the raven symbolize in the poem?
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an evil supernatural being
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What is the narrator afraid the Raven will do?
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Leave him like everyone else has done
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In what emotional state is the narrator by the end of the poem?
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His soul is floating on the floor
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How does the tone of the poem and the feelings of the narrator change by the end of the poem?
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The tone darkens and becomes ominous as the narrator becomes more agitated.
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In the end, where does the Raven settle, never to move?
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On the pallid bust of Pallas
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What is implied by the fact that the Raven will leave him "Nevermore"?
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He will always be tormented by his thoughts of lost love
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Midnight dreary, dying embers, chamber
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setting
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dreary, uncertain, terrors, implore, mystery
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tone
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chamber door, shore, explore, bore, core, o'er
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rhyme
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Nevermore
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repetition
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Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"
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personification
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grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt
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alliteration
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his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
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metaphor
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my soul...shall be lifted- nevermore!
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theme
