The Raven Worksheet #5
General Questions
Name _________________________________________________
Room ________ Teacher_________________________________
Answer the questions below. Incomplete sentences are
permitted.
1. Name three things you know about the time period in which The Raven
was written?
2. Where do you picture the events of the poem taking place, ie weather,
location, building and so on?
3. How do you think E.A. Poe’s life events affected the poem?
4. What theme do you identify with most in the poem? Why?
5. Do you believe the narrator to be reliable? Why or why not?
6. Which literary devices had the most effect on you when you read or heard
The Raven?
7. If you like it, name two of your favorite things about this poem.
8. If you do not like it, name two things you dislike about this poem.