The Raven--Literary Log

 Tittle: "The Raven"
Author: Edgar Allan Poe 
Genre: Suspense Poem
Setting: One Midnight in December
Point of View: 1st Person
Main Characters: The Poet, the Raven
Mood/tone: Sad, Suspense, and Serious
Literary Devices: Rhyme Scheme, Assonance, alliteration, stanza, repetition, and metaphor.

Summary:One dark night, a poet was thinking about his dead love--Lenore. Suddenly, he heard a tapping on his door. He wonders who the late comer is. But when he opened the door, nothing is there. But he heard a voice said" Lenore." But there is no one there. He heard a tapping again. He saw a raven that sat on the head of a statue over the door. He asked for its name but it said "nevermore!" The raven didn't leave the poet's door even he told it to leave.
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