...diction in his poem “The Raven” to create an eerie, chilling, and dark mood. To start, in the first stanza when Poe is setting the scene, he says: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” (st. 1). He uses “midnight dreary” and “weak and weary” specifically to create a dark, foreboding mood throughout the poem. The second example of Poe using diction to create a chilling mood comes after the narrator hears a knock at his door: “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, / And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor” (st. 2). Poe is using examples of death to create his dark mood here, using “bleak December” and a “ghost”, to relate to dead trees and dark skies. Next,...
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...Poe once stated, “A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.” (Goodreads.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2014.). “The Cask of Amontillado” tells the story of Montresor, who has been insulted by Fortunato, and wants him to pay the ultimate price for it. “The Raven” is a story about a man having to brutally come to terms with being alone in his life. Because Edgar Allen Poe uses ominous detail, each of his stories portray a strong mood of suspense. Poe uses ominous detail for create an idea of death in “The Cask of Amontillado”. While walking in the catacombs, Fortunato and Montresor reach the end of the tunnels, and walking toward where Fortunato will be murdered, attempt to slice through the darkness with...
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...Edgar Allan Poe creates an extremely bleak and ominous setting by simply using sound devices. Every creepy story can tell about an old hag in a barn that eats people, but it does really sound scary unless you say it in a certain way. “The Raven,” for example, is a story about a man who goes insane while talking to a raven that has entered his house. It starts out by setting the scene, and already uses a specific meter to aid the mood. The most obvious device he uses is the repetition of “-ore” at the end of every second, fourth, fifth, and sixth line in every stanza. He ends the first stanza with “‘Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘Tapping at my chamber door.’/Only this, and nothing more”(st.1). He repeats this “-ore” sound throughout the entire poem even at...
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...While reading a story, it is un-noticeable that the theme can coincide with the setting. In some stories, it might be unchallenging, but there are some writers that do make it challenging. For instance, Edgar Allen Poe’s works, describe vivid details. His themes provide emotions and scenery – which gives a better understand or feel. The emotions that Poe shows in the story are generally a dark type of feeling – making the theme to be related to that type of feeling and emotion. In Poe’s work of “The Raven” he describes setting types that benefit in understanding the theme, which is life after a death or grief, loss, madness, and even love. In the beginning of “The Raven” Poe states, “a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary … and a curious volume of forgotten love” (Bayum 637). When he uses the words midnight and dreary those show an emotion of dark as well as eerie. Since, dreary means bleak and lifeless they relate to depression. With the words, weak and weary – they both mean lifeless as well as extreme exhaustion. Feeling tired and the lack of doing anything are the signs of depression too. Grieving shows many kinds of emotions, while during the time of grieving the feeling that will be felt is sadness – that follows in pursuit of...
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...In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker details one night during a period of sadness and madness in which a raven flies into his room and talks to him. The speaker uses diction, symbolism, and allusion to present the loneliness, hopelessness, and darkness that he experiences throughout the night and how it takes a toll on his mind. The diction in “The Raven” helps to set the mood of the poem, which is gloomy and dark. The poem starts off with, “Once upon a midnight dreary.” This phrase automatically tells the reader that the rest of the poem is going to be scary and dark, and the word “dreary” represents hopelessness. The speaker also says in the second stanza his experience took place “in the bleak December.” “Bleak” is another...
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...Onomatopoeia:___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Ex: _________________________________________________________________ Read the biography of Edgar Allan Poe on pages 253-4 and list 4 facts about his life. a. b. c. d. “The Raven” p. 274-277 1. What is the setting of the poem (time and place)? 2. What is the rhyme scheme in the first stanza? Does Poe maintain this rhyme scheme? 3. List all the questions that the narrator asks the raven. 4. What does the narrator say he is trying to do in lines 9-10? 5. In the third stanza, list all the words that are examples of alliteration. What effect does this alliteration have on the poem? 6. How does the significance of the word “nevermore” change throughout the poem? 7. What is the mood throughout the poem? What images help establish this mood? 8. In line 101, what do you think the narrator means when he begs the bird to “Take thy beak from out my heart”? 9. The author’s tone changes throughout the poem. Do you think that frantic shift is reflective of the narrator going mad (crazy)? Explain. 10. What, in your opinion does the raven symbolize? Why would Poe choose it over any other bird? 11. Read the essay on page 278 and explain Poe’s writing process. What does he claim to be the meaning of his poem? 12. Write three...
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...Jonathon Soto Mon. Wed. 9:10-10:35 English 102 Rough Draft In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, there are many possible themes the author summits. He covers love, madness, the supernatural, and man vs. the natural world. Next, most importantly Edgar Allan Poe discusses greatly the theme of grief and how it feels to lose someone. The Dark mysterious side of the mind is often present in many of Poe’s works. Also, through the use of tone and theme we as readers are able to depict the true meaning behind these creative poems. “The Raven” has great examples of poetic devices like rhyme scheme, meter, rhythm, and much more. All these different types of elements ensure a better and creative insight on Poe’s astonishing writings. First of all, throughout the poem “The Raven” there are many different poetic devices he uses to try and amplify the theme he wisely describes. In the very beginning Poe shares “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” (line 1). He used meter to help describe the setting and tone right from the start. This line sets the mood in the poem and provides evidence that it is night time and he’s all alone in his house. Next, Poe constantly points out how the main character is going through a loss of someone he loved. One of the themes in this poem is grief and how this man deals with it. The narrator states “From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore” (line 10). He loses a person by the name of Lenore...
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...Allen Poe's "The Raven," for example, would state that the speaker of the poem is longing for his lost love and becomes beguiled by a raven that speaks only one word, "nevermore." 2 Write about the poetic language and imagery. Does the poet use precise and vivid vocabulary to create detailed images? What literary devices are used to enhance meanings? Answer these questions by explaining and analyzing specific examples from the poem. Tell how the poet creates those images. A good example of this would be the poetry essay found at Bookstove.com. The poetry essay analyzes Poe's use of simile and metaphor in "The Raven." 3 Write about sound and sense. Does the poet use rhythm and meter to create meaningful sounds in the poem? Which word sounds does the poet use to create pictures? Does the poet use vocabulary that appeals to the five senses? Answer these questions by explaining in your poetry essay how the poet's choice of words creates meaningful sound. For example, a poetry essay on Poe's "Raven" would show how the ABCBBB rhyme scheme helps to create a deeper sense of melancholy. 4 Write about emotion and feeling. Is the poet creating a feeling or mood? Does the poem evoke an emotional response? Answer these questions in your poetry essay by explaining what kind of response the poet is trying to evoke in his audience. A poetry essay on "The Raven" would describe how the use of melancholy word choices and repetition, coupled with the creepy raven and mourning for the...
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...you ever read “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe? Just about anyone who has finished high school has! In high school you read a lot of stories and poems that are boring, interesting, short, long, fiction, and nonfiction but you read them all for a reason. Edgar Allan Poe was already a working writer, trying to make a living paper by paper in the United States before copyright became a thing. Back then it was really hard to make money because people from England can steal U.S. writers work since, once again, there was no copyright laws. Poe made just enough money to make it by day by day by writing poems, spooky stories and some pretty harsh criticism to other writers work. Then out of nowhere in 1845, Poe published...
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...“The Raven”, by Edgar Allan Poe, was one of the scariest poems ever written in its time. Even though it doesn’t seem very scary to us today, it can still be considered as a very creepy story. The narrator is almost being psychologically tortured by this bird who just appeared out of nowhere. The worst part is that he is being tortured because the bird is saying he will never his wife Lenore again, even in heaven. The central idea of this text is that the narrator can’t cope with the demise of her wife, Lenore. You can see throughout the story by the tone that the Raven and the narrator throughout the poem. On the fourth line of the fifth stanza it says, “And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, ‘Lenore!’ This I whispered,” this line definitely proved that the narrator still had hope that she was still alive, it’s sort of like he’s in the denial stage of grief; the narrator believes that Lenore is still alive and it basically says Lenore in a desperate tone because of the exclamation mark. The grief of the narrator is even expressed directly on the last three lines of the second stanza....
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...Ashley Davis Mrs. Gunulfsen October 30, 2015 “The Raven” is the poem I have chosen for my analysis that was constructed by Edgar Alllen Poe.It includes several stanzas of despair and depression, symbolized by the bird it was named for. It was first published in 1845 and was noted for its “supernatural atmosphere”. He writes of a talking bird, the black as ink raven, that pays a visit to a student mourning the loss of his lover, Lenore. As it sits on a bust above the student’s chamber door, the raven seems to interrogate the lover with its constant repeating of the word “Nevermore”. Edgar said that he wrote the poem with mostly logical and methodical intent in order to construct a story that would appeal to both critics and the public, as...
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...Comparing and Contrasting Poe and Roald Dahl’s Literature Setting The setting used by Edgar Allan Poe in his literature inspired Roald Dahl's writing style. Edgar Allan Poe is known as the father of modern detective stories. His short stories influenced a great deal of authors that came after him, and one of them was Roald Dahl. Dahl was greatly influenced by the setting of Poe’s stories. He showed this by using some of Poe’s elements in his setting, such as a descriptive environment, time, and word choice. All of Poe’s works have a similar setting in which he describes in detail. For example, in his poem, The Raven he writes, “Once upon a midnight dreary.” (Poe “The Raven” L.1). Poe’s settings are generally at midnight and create a mood...
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...stories and decided to make the folio based on ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ as it sounds really interesting to me. After reading thoroughly the first part of the story, I can say that Mr. Morris, Sargeant-Major has gone through some rough and brutal phase for which he holds ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ guilty and responsible. There was some bitter fact that he hides from his friend, Mr. White though he warns him about the misfortune. As for Mr. White, I felt that he is curious to know about the truth behind ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ but at the same time somewhere down the line he has a greed of getting more by making wish to ‘The Monkey’s Paw’. Whilst Mrs. White and his son takes this issue in a humorous and light way. From the very beginning author has set the mood of the story as suspicious and mysterious which fills the mind of the reader with a surge to reveal the unknown. From the suspicious environment created, it can be predicted easily that some ghosts and haunting is coming on the way. Very cleverly author revealed that there is some misfortune related to the history of the monkey’s paw and a holy man has spelled something over the mummified paw of monkey but what is that misfortune? Also, what was happening upstairs after Mr. White wished for the first thing? These are yet unsolved questions. Reading the very first part of the story, I can say that the story is filled with thrills, unexpected twists and will give us to read something that is unique. First part of the story is very powerful...
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...House of Usher," the unnamed protagonist is troubled by this sudden letter from the head of the Usher family, constantly grows weary of the house being "alive," and Usher's supposedly dead sister. In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator here is troubled by his own hatred for the eye of the old man, even though this man has done no wrong. In "The Raven," this narrator is troubled by the death of his beloved Lenore, and of the raven, symbolizing lingering death, who haunts him. Both The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edgar Allan Poe's stories contain the same type of imagery of horror and creepiness, specifically in the atmosphere and in the architecture. Poe's stories concerning the atmosphere are read as being murky, gloomy, and depressing, or at times questioning. He paints fear and tension through lengthy descriptions and his usage adjective, as well as his choices for settings. For Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas, the colors that make up the palette of the town are blacks, grays, and dull purples and blues, and even though light is still visible, it is constantly obscured by clouds hanging over, and puts a more dim mood on Halloween Town. This gives off a spooky, haunting even whimsical feeling for Halloween Town. The architecture in Halloween Town is shown as being based off Victorian-styled houses and building, as well as tall, arching, crooked and slanting, and colored gray. In "The House of Usher," the Usher mansion is most likely in the style of a Victorian...
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...such low diversity, believe it or not. Within those genres there are topics. Within those topics there are different styles and moods or feelings that a style generates with solely the written word. Some genres that might stand a chance and sometimes seem to stand above all may be fiction and/or romance. But there is a new dark horse in the game; his name is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s writing style and stories have survived long decades and centuries from book bags, libraries, to containers. Now we enjoy and...
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