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    The document outlines a lesson plan for analyzing Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven" through close reading. It introduces close reading as analyzing a text through multiple readings to identify themes, syntax, imagery, and other elements. It then provides biographical context on Poe, noting he was an orphan, married young, and wrote macabre stories. Finally, it identifies potential themes of mourning, isolation, and imagination in "The Raven" and describes the poem's wintry setting in the narrator's bedroom.

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    EME2040 FINAL PRESENTATION

    Lyric Campbell, Atiya Cornell, Darias Bowers

    THE RAVEN

    OUR LESSON PLAN

    CLOSE READING

    Analysis of a literary text


    Search for items such as theme, syntax, main idea, imagery,
    setting, etc.
    May take several read-throughs
    Requires marking up the text

    EXAMPLE OF CLOSE READING

    WHO WAS EDGAR ALLEN POE?

    Lived from 1809-1849, died at age 40


    Orphan of two actors, raised in Virginia
    Married his 12 year old cousin Virginia
    Had few meager writing positions in life, left little short-term
    legacy in death
    Macabre poetry & short stories, a play on fear

    WHAT DOES THIS POEM MEAN?

    Theme (s):
    Mourning, isolation, imagination

    Setting:
    The narrators chamber, or bedroom
    Cold, December night

    Imagery
    Color symbolism, location, repetition

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