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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray

"The Raven" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous works. The poem takes place just after midnight on a December evening. A depressed man is sitting in his library, drifting in and out of sleep as he reminisces about Lenore, his dead lover. He goes to the window to let in fresh air, and a raven swoops in, perching itself above the door.


Edgar Allan Poe Biography

Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe

Lesson Plans by Anna Warfield

Author studies aren't limited to elementary school. Bring on the Poe!




Raven, The

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Literary Devices in The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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  • ASSONANCE
  • ALLITERATION
  • SIMILE
  • "rustling of each purple curtain, Thrilled me—filled me"
  • "While I pondered weak and weary"
  • "Suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping"
  • ONOMATOPOEIA
  • tap...tap...tap
  • "The Raven"Literary Elements
  • PERSONIFICATION
  • METAPHOR
  • "...and so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door"
  • "[T]he Raven, sitting lonely [...] spoke only, That one word, as if his soul [...] he did outpour."
  • Nevermore.
  • "And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor"
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