Raven+questions

Journal #38 : read the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Alan Poe and answer questions

1. How does the speaker respond to the noise he hears at the beginning of the poem?

2. Who does the speaker think is out side of his door in the dark?

3. What does the speaker of this poem want to forget?

4. What does the speaker ask the Raven the first time?

5. What is the Raven's response?

6. What does the speaker order the Raven to do?

7. During the poem what changes occur in the speaker's attitude toward the bird?

8. What brings about each change?

9. What does the Raven finally come to represent at the end of the poem?

10. Describe the over all mood of the poem with 6 or more words (some maybe synonyms).

11. How many lines are there usually in each stanza of the poem?

12. How is this poem //Romantic// in a literary sense?