"The Raven"

What is the significance of the alliteration in stanza 1: "weak and weary"?

• It rhymes with dreary

  
  

• W is near the end of the alphabet signifying the end of Lenore's life

• It stresses the physical and mental condition of the narrator

• 
  It helps set the tone that is upbeat

The narrator is reading from his books to forget...

• Lenore.

• the Raven.

• Pallas.

• his sorrow.

Provide a specific example of alliteration from Stanza 3, then explain what it is:

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

What is the "mystery explore" the narrator is referring to?

• Which book he should choose?

• Who/What is making the tapping sound?

• What is the Raven?

• What happened to Lenore?

What evidence is there to suggest the narrator believes the Raven has come from the underworld?

When the narrator states "my hopes have flown before," what tone is implied?

• dark

• hopeful

• desperate

• hopeless

Why was the lamplight "gloating"?

• Lenore would never sit in the library, in the chair again.

• The raven would never leave.

• 
  The narrator would be lonely forever.

• The room was becoming dark.

What does the narrator compare the raven to?

• Pallas

• Prophet

• Lenore

• Shadow

Why is the narrator telling the bird to leave?

What does the Raven symbolize?

• wisdom

• Heaven

• sorrow

• birds