The rhyme
scheme used by Poe in his poem “The Raven” is described as ABCBBB. Every
stanza in “The Raven” follows this rhyme scheme to create a very structured
poem. Poe also uses internal rhyme where two words in the third rhyme will rhyme
with each other and with another word in the fourth line. In the second
stanza the word morrow in line three rhymes with the word borrow also in line three
and sorrow in line four. Poe also uses repetition to not only conformto his
rhyme scheme, but to emphasize the word as well. “’Wretch,’ I cried, ‘thy God hath
lent thee – by these angels he hath sent thee” (Raven: 81) is anexample of
Poe using repetition to rhyme. Poe used trochaic octameter for his poem. Poe
used many other devices in his poem such as alliteration andconsonance.
“Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;”(Raven: 26)
is an example of alliteration and consonance. Poe used alliterationto increase
the effect of the line. “The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple
curtain” (Raven: 13) is an example of an onomatopoeia used by Poe in his poem.
«
Frankenstein EssayPicture of a Generation »The tone of “The Raven” is morbid
and
depressing. Poe used a man who had lost his lost Lenore to deepen the
melancholy
feeling, because losing a loved one is the grimmest subjects there
is. Poe had
a raven, an already grim animal, to repeat the word “nevermore”
whenever
the narrator would speak to it. One other way Poe increased the
melancholy
effect is the torture of the narrator. The answer the narrator
received
each time was already predetermined and both the reader and the
narrator
knew what the reply was going to be; therefore, continuously torturing
the
narrator.
Poe also
used many similes, metaphors, and examples of personification. “Quoth
the Raven
‘Nevermore’” (Raven: 48) is an example of personification found in
Poe’s poem ;“The
Raven”. Since birds cannot really talk, the raven was given a
human
characteristic of speech. “And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s
that is
dreaming,” is an example of a metaphor used in “The Raven” by Poe to
compare the
raven’s eyes to a demon’s; therefore, comparing the raven to a
demon.
“That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.” (Raven:
56) is an
example of a simile that Poe used to compare the raven’s reply to the
narrators state of grief.
Sergio Calle Llorens
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