“The raven”

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809-1849)
 Analising the poem
Author
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Literary movement
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Style of the poem
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Source of inspiration
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Title
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Setting
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Narrator
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Themes
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Diction: style of writing, depending on the
choice of words.
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Mood of the poem: mood is the emotional
feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature
produces in a reader.
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Poet's Tone: the author’s attitude toward the
work.
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Structure: the organization of the poem
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Rhyme: repetition of similar sounding words
occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.
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Rhythm:the long and short patterns through
stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in
verse form.
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Internal Rhyme:the words rhyme in the same
lines, in separate lines and in the proceeding
lines.
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Anaphora: the deliberate repetition of the first
part of the sentence in order to achieve an
artistic effect.
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Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds
in two or more neighbouring words or syllables.
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Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds.
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Onomatopoeia: the naming of a thing or action
by a vocal imitation of the sound associated
with it.
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Symbol: contains several layers of meaning,
often concealed at first sight, and is
representative of several other aspects,
concepts or traits than those that are visible in
the literal translation alone. Symbol is using an
object or action that means something more
than its literal meaning.
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Allusion: is a brief and indirect reference to a
person, place, thing or idea of historical,
cultural, literary or political significance.
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Images: visual, kinesthetic, olfactory, tactile,
gustatory, thermal and auditory.
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Supplemetal material: “The Philosophy of
Composition” by Edgar Allan Poe
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Conclusions