The Raven Figurative Language

beguiling my sad fancy into smiling

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

"whose fiery eyes now burned "

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

the lamplight gloated o'er

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

is there balm in Gilead

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

"within the distant Aidenn"

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

On the pallid bust of Pallas

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

“Swung by SERAPHIM whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor” (80)

• demon

• bird

• collection of knowledge

• angel

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" (1).

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Metaphor

Identify the type of figurative language being used in the line: "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping," (3).

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor