The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

-Propecy-What's goin to happen
-Raven is a prophecy. It has been associated with mystery, evil, omens and death.
*End rhyme-smiliar or identical sounds at the end of lines Ex:last word rhyming
*Internal Rhyme- rhymes within a line Ex: words within, tapping, napping
*Rhyme scheme- basic pattern of the end rhymes Ex: abc last words and if they rhme
*Stansa- a group of words: like a paragraph

-One December he is just about to fall asleep when he hears a knock on the door.
-It was the ghost of Maiden Lenore
-Keeps repeating over and over because he is scared
-He tells the person to be sorry for he was napping. But when he opens the door no one is there.
-He is scared because no one is there and all he whispers in Lenore over and over!
-He shuts the door, but then there comes another knock. he believes it is only the wind
-He opens the shutter and it is a Raven
-He is asking the Raven why he is coming if he is bringing the death.
-All the Raven says "Nevermore".
-The man pulls a chair up to the window and looks up at the bird. he wonders why this.
-The man asks God to give him relief from his memories of Lenore. he drinks in hopes of these thoughts leaving him.
-All the Raven says is "Nevermore"
-The man accuses the Raven of being a prophet, of the devil and evil. Either sent by the Devil or someone else, he asks if he will ever be relieved.
-Raven "Nevermore"
-He tells the Raven to leave
-Raven "Nevermore"
The Raven is a deamon, the lamp casts the Raven's shadow on the floor as the Raven takes the man's soul and kills the man.