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“The Raven” – analyzing a poem

Some exercises aimed to analazy "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. I did not include the text of the poem itself so you'll have to find it on the Internet.

Task

1) Students listen to the recited poem. Get them to answer the following questions:

Where is the lyrical I? (chamber)

What is the atmosphere of the poem? (scary, sad, etc.)

Are there any names mentioned? (Lenor)

Are there any animals? (the raven)

2) Distribute the wordle based on the poem and futher analyze the text using the word cloud.

3) If students still have problems understanding the text, read out the summary.

As a follow-up activity ask students to write their own poem. You can help them by giving them prompts on the whiteboatd, such as: once, when, I glanced, I wandered, etc.

Excerpt

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. `'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more.' Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore - For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore - Nameless here for evermore. [...]