Poetic Elements of The Raven

Question 1

Other than the USMA, what other institution of higher learning did Poe fail to graduate from?

Accepted Answer

University of Virginia

Question 2

What is the narrator doing in Stanza 12?

Accepted Answer

trying to figure out what the bird means

Question 3

Why is the narrator reading? (Lines 10-11)

Accepted Answer

to escape his pain

Question 4

Which poetic element is used in Line 8 to give information about the setting?

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 5

What do Lines 28-30 reveal about the narrator's feelings?

Accepted Answer

he hopes to see Lenore

Question 6

1845, the year the Raven was published, Poe earned. . .

Accepted Answer

$400

Question 7

What mood is created by the setting in the first stanza?

Accepted Answer

cozy, sleepy, lazy

Question 8

Which poetic element does Poe use in Line26 to show the narrator doesn't believe his own ideas?

Accepted Answer

reptition

Question 9

which United States military academy did Poe attend from July 1830 to February 1831?

Accepted Answer

United States Military Academy at West Point

Question 10

At the end of Stanza 17, how is imagery used?

Accepted Answer

to show the bird's words have hurt the narrator

Question 11

Nepenthe (Stanza 14) is an anti-depressant. Why is the narrator taking it?

Accepted Answer

to forget Lenore

Question 12

According to the narrator (in Stanza 14), why is the Raven here?

Accepted Answer

to give the narrator a message from God

Question 13

Since 1949 a fan visits Poe's grave on his birthday leaving a bottle and 3 roses, in what city?

Accepted Answer

Baltimore

Question 14

Why does Poe use repetition at the end of each stanza?

Accepted Answer

to show the narrator's sorrow, to show that Lenore will not return

Question 15

What is the narrator's prediction about the Raven's future actions? (Stanza 10)

Accepted Answer

The Raven will leave the narrator.

Question 16

Why is the color of the Raven important? (Line 43)

Accepted Answer

Black signifies death or sorrow.

Question 17

What is the first question the narrator asks the Raven?

Accepted Answer

What is your name?

Question 18

What is significant about where the Raven chooses to perch?

Accepted Answer

The Raven perches on a statue of the goddess of Wisdom., The Raven perches above the narrator.

Question 19

How is imagery used in Line 32?

Accepted Answer

to create suspsense, to intensify the mood

Question 20

What sound element does Poe use in lines 1&3 to draw attention to the narrator's actions?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 21

What is special about the chair in which the narrator sits? (Stanza 13)

Accepted Answer

Lenore once sat there.

Question 22

How does the mood change from Stanza 13 to Stanza 14?

Accepted Answer

calm and pensive to angry and scared

Question 23

What is the narrator doing when the visitor taps at his door (stanza 1)?

Accepted Answer

reading

Question 24

Which line in Stanza 18 indicates the narrator feels better after telling the bird to leave?

Accepted Answer

none of the lines

Poetic Elements of The Raven

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