Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Raven By Edgar Allen Poe

Poem about loss.
-Raven represents evil, omens, and death. Bird of prophecy.
-End Rhyme-similar or identical sounds at the ends of lines.
-Internal Rhyme- rhymes within a line.
-Rhyme scheme- the basic pattern of the end rhymes.

The man in story has lost someone in the past, Lorene. He is morning about his lost love. A raven comes and sits on the top of his door. All the raven will ever will say is Nevermore. The man asks the raven questions that he knows will be answered nevermore. His sorrow continues. He already knows what the answer is and it will continue to make him sad.

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