"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. 1. Another adjective used to describe the Raven's decorative countenance.
  2. 4. Used to describe the Raven's decorative countenance.
  3. 8. The name of the lost woman mourned by the narrator.
  4. 10. This literary device is illustrated by the repeated vowel sounds in "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous" describing the bird.
  5. 12. The object on which the Raven perches inside the room.
  6. 13. The poem's setting, generally.
  7. 14. This inferred state of mine describes the narrator as he responds to the mysterious rapping at his chamber door.
  8. 15. The feeling or atmosphere that pervades the poem, often associated with Poe's works.
  9. 18. What the Raven's eyes are compared to, intensifying the eerie atmosphere.
  10. 21. The only speaker in the poem.
  11. 22. The mythological figure whose bust the Raven sits upon.
  12. 23. This literary device is evident in the echoing end-sounds of "lore" and "door," which Poe uses to establish a haunting rhythm throughout the poem.
  13. 24. This device is exemplified by the sounds "tapping" and "rapping" at the chamber door, mimicking the actual noises.
  14. 26. Literary device used with "And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
  15. 28. The only word the Raven speaks, used as a haunting refrain throughout the poem.
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  1. 2. Poe uses this sound device with "nodded, nearly napping."
  2. 3. "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple ___."
  3. 5. Describes the imagined censer swung by angels.
  4. 6. Describes the type of December night when the poem takes place.
  5. 7. The narrator asks if there is a "balm" in this biblical place, seeking a cure for his sorrow.
  6. 9. The place from which the Raven comes, according to the narrator.
  7. 11. The supernatural or magical item the narrator facetiously demands from the Raven.
  8. 16. This term refers to the storm that may have driven the Raven to the narrator's chamber.
  9. 17. The word that becomes a tormenting echo in the narrator's soul.
  10. 19. This bird repeatedly says "Nevermore."
  11. 20. Type of volumes the narrator was pondering.
  12. 25. The Raven's position throughout most of the poem.
  13. 27. Refers to the melancholy tone of the poem.