"The Raven" Vocabulary

5. a slow, mournful piece of music; a funeral hymn (line 65)
6. cowardly person (line 45)
9. to think about (line 1)
11. threatening; menacing (line 70)
13. speaking; talking (line 49)
14. gloomy; sad; depressing (line 1)
15. appearance (line 40)
18. a drug that eases grief or sorrow by causing forgetfulness (line 82)
20. to drink deeply (line 83)
21. proper and dignified behavior (line 44)
22. an end (line 10)
23. finding out through intuition; guessing from incomplete evidence (line 75)

1. sad, gloomy, or depressed (line 65)
2. undisturbed; calm or quiet (line 55)
3. a polite gesture of respect, such as a bow (line 39)
4. a violent storm (line 86)
7. a container in which incense is burned, especially during religious services (line 79)
8. a brief period of rest or relief from pain or labor (line 82)
10. a poetic spelling of Eden, the biblical garden of paradise (line 93)
12. angels of the highest rank (line 80)
16. to beg (line 20)
17. charming or delighting (line 43)
19. pale (line 104)