The Raven
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"The Raven" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, renowned for its melancholic atmosphere, musical language, and exploration of grief and madness as a mysterious raven visits a grieving man.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "The Raven" | 1 |
| The Raven and Other Poems | 1 |
| poem The Raven | 1 |
| the raven | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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narrative poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ |
| character |
Lenore
ⓘ
The Raven self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
the raven
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublicationDate | 1845-01-29 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Evening Mirror ⓘ |
| genre |
dark romanticism
ⓘ
gothic literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio dramatizations
ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ various films ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Raven
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Raven and Other Poems
|
| influenced | popular culture depictions of ravens ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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assonance ⓘ internal rhyme ⓘ personification ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| meter | trochaic octameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableLine | Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." ⓘ |
| refrain | Nevermore ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme |
complex internal rhyme
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end rhyme ⓘ |
| setting | a chamber ⓘ |
| settingTime |
a bleak December
ⓘ
midnight ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | six-line stanzas ⓘ |
| structure | 18 stanzas ⓘ |
| symbol |
Athena Parthenos
ⓘ
surface form:
bust of Pallas
chamber door ⓘ nevermore ⓘ raven ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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despair ⓘ grief ⓘ loss ⓘ madness ⓘ memory ⓘ mourning ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
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melancholic ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
"The Raven"
subject surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe
this entity surface form:
poem The Raven
this entity surface form:
The Raven and Other Poems
subject surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe
subject surface form:
Lenore (poem)