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Give two examples of alliteration in lines 1 – 6.
What is the mood of the poem? Copy down 1 line (word for word) that supports your answer.
What month does this experience occur?
What does “surcease from sorrow” mean?
What can’t the narrator get off of his mind?
List 3 adjectives to describe the narrator.
What does “obeisance” mean?
What does ‘the bust of Pallas’ symbolize? Why is it important?
How does the Raven first act around the narrator when they are first meet?
What color is the Raven (not black)?
_______________________________ means ‘a proper way of acting’.
Who is Pluto and what does he represent?
Does the narrator have many friends? Which line specifically tells us this? (Write down the
exact quote).
How does the narrator think the Raven learned the word “Nevermore”?
Describe the narrator’s room. Give as many specific details as possible.
What is a ‘censer’?
How does the narrator think that God is helping him?
What is the mythological drink called that is supposed to comfort grieving people?
What is another word for “drink”?
Who is the “Tempter”?
What does the line “Is there balm in Gilead?” mean?
What’s another word for “Aidenn”?
Is the Raven still at the narrator’s place? How do you know? (Give specific lines from the
poem).