The Raven 1.3 & 1.4 Review

Which point of view is the poem told from?

• First person omniscient

• Second person

• First person limited

• Third person

Which 2 are examples of allusions in the poem?

• "Nevermore"

• "Bust of Pallas"

• "is there balm in Gilead?"

• "Respite, respite, and nepenthe"

What does "ominous" most likely mean? "What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird"

• Happy

• Quiet

• Threatening

• Calm

What is it called when the last words lines within a stanza rhyme?

• End rhyme

• Internal rhyme

What is it called when words within a line rhyme?

• End rhyme

• Internal rhyme

What is one thing the narrator isn't doing during the poem?

• Pondering

• Reading

• Nearly Napping

• Knitting

What is the narrator struggling with in the poem?

• Grief and loss over the death of his sister

• Grief and loss over the death of Lenore

• Grief and loss over the death of the Raven

• Grief and loss over the thought of dying one day

What 2 kinds of figurative language is, "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'" considered?

• Imagery & Personification

• Repetition & Allusion

• Metaphor & Simile

• Personification & Repetition

What inference can be made about where the narrator thinks the Raven came from?

• The Raven came from Heaven

• The Raven was sent by Lenore

• The Raven came from the underworld or Hell

• The Raven came from Maryland

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary" is what kind of figurative language?

• Allusion

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery