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English 18 Public

Edgar Allan Poe

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How does the speaker feel in the opening line of the poem?

weak and weary

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What was "curious" about the "lore" read by the speaker?

it was "forgotten"

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What adverb does Poe use to describe the way in which the "rapping" took place in the first stanza?

Gently

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What did the shadows of the dying fire look like to the speaker?

ghosts

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What is the source of the speaker's discomfort?

Lenore

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What was the speaker trying to "still" by "repeating" in stanza three?

The beating of his heart

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In stanza 4, the speaker's mood changes from fearful to ______________.

Brave / comparatively courageous

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When the speaker opened the door in stanza four, what did he see?

"darkness there and nothing more"

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What metaphor does the speaker use to describe how he feels when he returns to his chamber in stanza 6?

"all my soul within me burning"

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From where did the raven fly in?

The window

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Where did the raven sit in the room?

on the statue above the chamber door

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What word did the rave say?

nevermore

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From where does the speaker think the raven learned the word __________ from?

His former master - "caught from some unhappy master"

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The speaker sits thinking about why the raven is saying __________ to him. True or false?

True. Stanza 13

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Poe uses sensory detail in stanza 19, but what sense does he use?

Smell

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The speaker asks the raven "is there balm in Gillead", but what does he mean by this?

Is there a solution to the grief he feels over the "lost Lenore".

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