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The Raven (Poem)

The Raven is a poem with many examples of assonance, alliteration, and allusion. The Raven was written by Edgar Allan Poe in the 1800's. During the story, there is a depressed that had a talking raven fly into his house and rest on bust repeating "nevermore" several times.

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In the raven the bird says?

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That the raven is a future teller it is a bird of majestic war and muscle to man to endure pain to how its developed there very aware and aware of the world birds and of themselves they are logic. The bird is seen through the eyes of God and its founded that rather then you soon finding out how this bird is seen it will see you before you see it.

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Why does the Raven repeat nevermore in the Poem The Raven?

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According to some, the refrain is about the importance of memory, because life consists of continuous loss. Poe uses “evermore” because loss will always be part of life; “nevermore,” because we can never hold onto what we have or who we love.

How does the narrator respond to the noise he hears raven?

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the narrator gets upset and he just starts calling the raven evil because he is not listening to him

Whose epitaph reads Quoth the Raven nevermore?

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In modern English, the narrator is saying: 'And the raven says, "Never again." '

How is the raven sitting on the bust of Athena symbolic?

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The raven in Edgar Allan Poe's poem, The Raven may have landed on the bust of Pallas Athena due to its significance or connection to its only words - "nevermore". Pallas Athena is the goddess of Truth in Greek mythology and the raven may have landed on this to employ symbolism within the poem. Landing on the bust would have symbolised to the narrator (and further, the audience) that the raven is telling the truth or speaks from a higher wisdom.

However, landing on the bust of Pallas Athena could very well mean something different and may have a link to a different meaning in Poe's context.

What purpose does the narrator feel the Raven has in coming?

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The man is hoping that the raven will tell him that the raven is Lenore- or her spirit.

What is the figure speech of 'Once upon a midnight dreary' from 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe?

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"Once upon a midnight dreary" uses anastrophe, which inverts the more common 'dreary midnight' to rhyme with weary at the end of the line. It is also a play on the common fairy tale opening of: "Once upon a time" to set a tone for the poem.

How does the narrator in the raven escape his sorrow?

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"Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,

By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,"

In other words, the narrator sees the serious manner of the raven, and he thinks that is absurd.

What does the raven come to represent in The Raven?

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It represents the narrator's grief for Lenore. Since the raven's shadow will cover the narrator's soul and "Shall be lifted--nevermore!" you might say the chamber represents a coffin.

What is the narrator's state of mind in the poem the raven?

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There are many conclusions can you draw about the speaker and his emotional state in the poem The Raven. One conclusion is that this person felt very depressed.

What caused the narrator to say that to the raven?

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The narrator was hoping that the raven would ease his pain and sorrow.

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer

Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.

"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee -- by these angels he hath sent thee

Respite -- respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;

Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"

What is the moral of the raven by Edgar Allan Poe?

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There is no moral. The narrator was expressing his eternal pain for his lost lover Lenore.

What is an example of assonance in Poe's The Raven?

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3rd stanza-line 13, 14

13: And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain.

14: Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.

Who is the woman in The Raven is most likely about?

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Lenore
In the poem The Raven, the name given to the maiden by the angels was Lenore.

Does the man in 'The Raven' by Poe go mad?

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Edgar allan poe was mad as in crazy and alos he was clinicaly depressed

In 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe the speaker says 'Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly' What does the speaker mean?

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"Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,

Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore;"

Ungainly fowl means awkward bird, and the narrator is astonished that the bird answered his question even if the answer had little meaning.

Who are the characters in the mystery of the black raven?

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The main character was Dolly. The main character was 17.

In this excerpt what is the speaker saying the raven will do?

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You know, a lot of the questions I see here seem like they're written by High School teachers as part of an assignment, then repeated here in hopes that some student's homework will get done for them.

As such, it seems like there is a significant disservice being done to the students who submit them to the site, especially regarding "The Raven," in preventing them from thinking through the poem itself. The process being addressed by this question, in particular, is among the most important aspects of the poem's progression. If a student is unwilling to think through the change in the protagonist's attitude toward the raven, then they're likely to miss the entire point of the poem.

Therefore, on the grounds that my answer, while not incriminating me, might serve to cripple not only your cognitive development, but your willingness to face your own mortality, I decline to answer.

What are some examples of repetition in The Raven?

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"weak and weary"

"While I nodded, nearly napping"

"surcease of sorrow"

"lost Lenore"

"rare and radiant"

"silken, sad, uncertain"

''doubting,dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before''

How is Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven a classic?

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Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' is very popular. This is because it has such detailed and intricate imagery.

How long did it take for Poe to write the Raven?

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It took him precisely 2 days to come up with the original idea and 4 days and 6 hours to write it up with no mistakes.

What was the man doing in the chamber in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven'?

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The chamber in 'The Raven' was probably a bed-chamber or bedroom.