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The Raven

Comment [T1]: The Raven could symbolise hope, as the speaker
is hoping it has connection with Lenore or that she might come
back to him
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There
are theories that the Raven could be Lenore
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Due to his tiredness and the late hour, it is certainly possible that he dreamed the whole
encounter
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These birds are often symbolised with death
and it may be that the narrator has just lost someone dear to him and it attempting to revive them
through the appearance of this bird
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The first 2 stanza establishing mood
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- No Enjambment = Shows his disjointed and broken thoughts, maybe highlighted through the shock at
seeing the Raven at his chamber door
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Theme:
Death, Madness, Obsession, Loneliness, Hope

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door
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Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor
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And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

Comment [T2]: Falling asleep while thinking
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Comment [T4]: Allegory – The Chamber Could be a sacred place
for the speaker and Lenore, perhaps The Raven is wanting, to the
room, as it may have a connection with Lenore
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Comment [T5]: Mood – Dreamy, as he’s half asleep
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Comment [T7]: Trying to forget her
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Tone – Reminiscent, as he is remember what happened in the past
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So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-
This it is, and nothing more
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"-
Merely this, and nothing more
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"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice:
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore-
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;-
'Tis the wind and nothing more!"
In the Textus Receptus manuscripts of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation, 666 is said to be
'number of the beast', or the Devil
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Poe may be implying the death-like nature of the Raven through having three
lots of six stanzas within this poem
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This could be Lenore singing the narrator back
to sleep, as it is late at night
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- 'Soul grew stronger' (Stanza 4)
- 'Dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
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- 'Soul within me burning' (Stanza 6)
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Comment [T11]: Building suspense, as he keeps expecting
someone to be there
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Comment [T13]: Almost hypnotised by the darkness
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The speaker is trying to be rational
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Comment [T16]: Tone – Apprehensive, as he’s still afraid he’s
losing is mind
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Comment [T18]: Starting to think the darkness is coming from
the window
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Parts of this could be compared
with Heathcliff in WH
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The speaker is
perhaps trying to ratioanlise things because, he’s scared or he’s
disappointed, as he wants it to be Lenore
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