The Raven Review

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What is a central theme of the text?

Back

Loss and grief can have powerful effects on the mind.

Front

The speaker can best be described as a...

Back

melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy

Front

This is a reference to Pluto, the god of the underworld.

Back

Night's Plutonian Shore

Front

This is a reference to Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

Back

Bust of Pallas

Front

What is the time setting of the poem?

Back

midnight in December

Front

The speaker had been reading myth stories or...

Back

lore

Front

What does the speaker hear just before napping or nodding off?

Back

tapping on his door

Front

The speaker thinks that the tapping he hears on the door is...

Back

a visitor

Front

The speaker's sorrow or sadness was caused by the death of...

Back

his love Lenore

Front

What did the speaker see when he opened his chamber door?

Back

nothing/darkness