College Prep Poetry #6
Narrative Poem
“The Raven” – pg. 940
 Complete questions 1-6
1. I feel that the poem’s speaker has gone crazy because he has just lost Lenore and uses
drinking to forget about her.
2. (a) Lenore is the speaker’s wife, she has passed away.
(b) I can infer that the speaker’s relationship with Lenore was close since he uses Nepenthe
to relief the memories of her.
3. (a) The two adjectives the speaker uses to describe his mood at the beginning are weak and
weary.
(b)The two adjectives I would used to describe the speaker’s mood at the end of the poem is
insane and out of his mind.
4. (a) The one word the Raven speaks is “nevermore”.
(b) I think the raven is merely repeating a sound.
5. (a) My impression of the raven is that it gets annoying.
(b) What causes my impression to change is that he keeps repeating.
6. The poem would have not been as effective if Poe had used a parrot instead of a raven
because a parrot is more like a happier bird where as a raven would symbolize darkness.
 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”)
Alliteration- “weak and weary” –Line 1
Hyperbole- “fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;” –Line 74
Repetition- “Quoth the raven, “Nevermoe.” –Line 48 and Line 60
 Rate the poem on the following scale accompanied by a 1-3 sentence specific explanation for
the rating.
I did not like the poem. I thought it was not interesting.
Approval Rating Scale:
Liked it!
It was ok.
UGH! Did not like it!
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
I think this picture describes the situation of “The Raven” when the raven was annoying Poe. In the poem,
it is also dark like the picture.