How Does Edgar Allen Poe Create a Frightening Atmosphere in “the Raven”?
How does Edgar Allen Poe create a frightening atmosphere in “The Raven”?
In English this term we have been analysing the poem “the raven”. The rave is set in a seventeenth century building in a middle aged mans chamber. As he begin to tire he hears a tapping at the door but there is no one there, he then hears a knocking at his window. A raven then enters his chamber and repeats the word ‘nevermore’ in a tormenting tone. I’m now going to answer the essay question; “How does Edgar Allen Poe create a frightening atmosphere in “The Raven”? By taking a look at the poetic devices used.
Edgar Allen Poe creates a frightening atmosphere in the raven through his use of poetic devices. An example of this is when he writes “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, over many quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- while I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.” The writer’s purpose is to create an eerie atmosphere. He has used alliteration “nodded, nearly, napping” which gives an “N” sound which suggests some-one moaning in the background. He also says “midnight dreary” which shows that it is a dark, cold, wet night which adds to the eerie atmosphere. Midnight is also related to evil so that suggests that there may be evil activity about to happen. I have also spotted a rhyming scheme going all the way the poem. It is an “a, b, a, b, c, c” rhyming scheme. There is an example of this in the quote above. The words “dreary” and “weary” in the first line are an internal rhyme, and again in the third line “napping” and “tapping”. The words “dreary” and “weary” both show us that he is worn out, and the words “napping and tapping” suggest that he is about to retire to his bed which is where he would be most vulnerable.
Edgar Allen Poe creates a frightening atmosphere in the raven through his use of poetic devices. An example of this is when he writes “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
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In English this term we have been analysing the poem “the raven”. The rave is set in a seventeenth century building in a middle aged mans chamber. As he begin to tire he hears a tapping at the door but there is no one there, he then hears a knocking at his window. A raven then enters his chamber and repeats the word ‘nevermore’ in a tormenting tone. I’m now going to answer the essay question; “How does Edgar Allen Poe create a frightening atmosphere in “The Raven”? By taking a look at the poetic devices used.
Edgar Allen Poe creates a frightening atmosphere in the raven through his use of poetic devices. An example of this is when he writes “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, over many quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- while I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.” The writer’s purpose is to create an eerie atmosphere. He has used alliteration “nodded, nearly, napping” which gives an “N” sound which suggests some-one moaning in the background. He also says “midnight dreary” which shows that it is a dark, cold, wet night which adds to the eerie atmosphere. Midnight is also related to evil so that suggests that there may be evil activity about to happen. I have also spotted a rhyming scheme going all the way the poem. It is an “a, b, a, b, c, c” rhyming scheme. There is an example of this in the quote above. The words “dreary” and “weary” in the first line are an internal rhyme, and again in the third line “napping” and “tapping”. The words “dreary” and “weary” both show us that he is worn out, and the words “napping and tapping” suggest that he is about to retire to his bed which is where he would be most vulnerable.
Edgar Allen Poe creates a frightening atmosphere in the raven through his use of poetic devices. An example of this is when he writes “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me -