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The Raven
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weary | very tired |
| bleak | cold, empty, or hopeless |
| chamber | a room, especially a bedroom |
| entreating | begging or asking strongly |
| surcease | an end or stopping |
| perched | sat or resting on something high |
| mien | a person's appearance or manner |
| countenance | a person's face or expression |
| tempest | a violent storm |
| Nevermore | never again |
| mournful | expressing sadness or grief |
| poetry | a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen to create certain effects |
| form | a poem's structure, which includes the way it's words and lines are arranged |
| line | the main unit of all poems |
| rhythm | a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| meter | a repeated pattern of rhythm |
| stanzas | group of lines presented in poems for the reader to help convey the meaning |
| tone | writer's attitude toward a subject |
| connotation | feelings associated with words |
| alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |