College Prep Poetry #6
Narrative Poem
“The Raven” – pg. 940
 Complete questions 1-6
1. The poems speaker is very sad and depressed because he keeps trying to get rid of the raven
that is mocking death.
2. Lenore is the speaker’s wife who has sadly passed away. The speaker was in love with her
because since she has passed away he has gone mad and does not know what to do since she is
gone.
3. In the beginning of the poem the speaker describes his mood as being weak and weary. At the
end of the poem the mood is depressing and mad. The mood has changed because the speaker
wants the raven to leave because he is sick of all the mocking of death and the speaker is now
imagining things.
4. The one word the raven states is, “Nevermore.” The raven is responding to each of the
narrator’s questions he asks.
5. My impression of the raven is that he is very mocking. The raven continues to mock the
speaker about the death of his wife. The speaker can no longer take it and forces the raven to
leave.
6. No the poem would not have been as effective because parrots are known to repeat words said.
With the raven it is not as expected and the raven presents a scarier image.
 List at least 3 poetic devices found in the poem (Name the literary device and list the
example from the poem.) EX: Simile – “And the river flows like a stream of glass” - Line 4
(from “Sympathy”)
1. Alliteration- “while I nodded, nearly napping.”- line 3
2. Repetition- “Gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.”- Line 4
3. Rhyme scheme- abcbbb. Stanza 1
 Rate the poem on the following scale accompanied by a 1-3 sentence specific explanation for
the rating.
Approval Rating Scale:
Liked it!
It was ok.
UGH! Did not like it!
I thought that this poem was ok because it did a good job describing what was
going on in the speakers life and explains how depressing and sad it is to lose a
loved one. But, I thought this poem was too sad and not as much fun to read.
Label this page: Raven
Home Work Activity: Paraphrase the poem “The Raven” stanza by stanza.
OR
Find a song that illustrates the theme, mood, and situation of “The Raven.” Explain the
connections you see between the song and the poem, and include a copy of the lyrics.
OR
Find a piece of art work that illustrates the theme, mood, or situation of “The Raven.” Explain
the connections you see between the art work and the poem, and include a copy of the art work
or at least the title of the work and the artist’s name