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the raven. THE RAVEN 1. Retell the plot of the poem in your own words. A
man ... As he opens the window a raven comes flying in. The raven ...
The Raven. The Loss of ... that has died. The narrator expresses a sea of emotions
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Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven. Creating ... melancholy. A strong device for the melancholic
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Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven. Creating ... melancholy. A strong device for the melancholic
tone in "The Raven" is Poe's use of the first person. ...
The Raven. In The Raven, the speaker of the story goes through many different mood
classes throughout the short story. ... "The Raven." The Language of Literature. ...
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In The Raven, the speaker of the story goes through many different mood classes
throughout the short story. One of the main causes of these mood swings, a little raven that was
taught to say nothing more than "nevermore." The speaker in the short story is also trying to
forget about his lost love Lenore. All these factors contribute to the different emotions
throughout the story, such as fear, happiness, and anger.
When the poem starts out the speaker is reading while he hears a tapping at his door.
When he first hears the tapping he becomes scared and lessens his level of fear by telling himself
its nothing more than someone at his door. When the speaker first opens the door there is
nothing there that could possibly cause the tapping to be made. With his lost love on his mind,
he first believes it is Lenore, which could not be possible because she is dead. The speaker states
that she is dead by saying: " For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-
Nameless here forevermore" (Poe 467.) The fact that the speaker does not see anyone in the
hallway where the tapping is coming from adds to his level of fear. The main causes of the
speakers fear is his concentration on his lost love and not knowing where the tapping noises
originate from.
The speakers second emotion throughout the poem is happiness. When the speaker hears
the tapping coming from the door after he checked by the door he becomes more at ease,
believing that is nothing more than wind. When the speaker opened the window he was surprised
when a raven flew in to reveal where the tapping originated from. The speaker soon came to the
conclusion to believe that his visitors name was "Nevermore." Through further investigation the
speaker believes that the bird replies "Nevermore" because it is the only word the bird was
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