Literary Elements

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“tapping.”

In every stanza of the poem, Poe uses the same rhyme scheme, ABCBBB. 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.

The tone of “The Raven” is a dark and depressing poem, as the narrator expresses his feeling’s about losing this lover, Lenore.

The irony of the story is how the narrator cries about never being able to see his Lenore, but he’s going haunted with the memory of her, which is sort of like being with her.


Thanatopsis

‘Thanatopsis’ written by William Cullen Bryant is a poem describing the ability of nature to make us, humans, feel better.

The poem talks about a person becoming one with nature when they die. When a person dies, they become untied with nature; not being completely alone - So dying is nothing to be afraid of.

The meter used in Thanatopsis is iambic pentameter. The poetic structure of Thanatopsis is blank verse.


The Minister’s ...

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should have been afraid of themselves.

The story ends with Minister Hooper dead and buried with the black veil covering his face.

The story is Anti-Transcendentalism. Anti-Transcendentalists is the view that man is born with the stain of the original sin, man is the most destructive force in nature, one can only find God through good works and life experience. While transcendentalists essential beliefs is that man is born essentially good.

Weather

Snowbound

Snowbound is a long poem that describes the beauty of nature.

The narrator of the story describes what is happening during a snowstorm and a family being snowbound because of the blizzard going on outside.

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