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The Raven: summary and vocabulary
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"The Raven"
A.
Complete the summary of the poem by Poe with the following missing words:
fireplace darkness persists lands deeply midnight discovers death hold shadowy
It is
on a cold evening in December in the 1840s. In a dark and
bedroom, wood burns in the
as a man laments the
of Lenore, a woman he
loved. To occupy his mind, he reads a book of ancient stories. But a tapping noise disturbs him. When he opens the door to the bedroom, he sees nothing –only
.
When the tapping
,
he opens the shutter of the window and
a raven, which flies into the room and
above the door on a bust of Athena (Pallas in the poem), the goddess of wisdom and war in Greek mythology. It says “Nevermore” to all his thoughts and longings. The raven tells the man he will never again ("nevermore") see his beloved, never again
her– not even in heaven.
B.
Find words in the text which mean the same as:
1.
keep busy
2.
sweetheart
3.
grieves
4.
interrupts
5.
desires
6.
intelligence
