The Raven- Review

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Euphony

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Language that is smooth and musically pleasant to the ear.

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Inference about the speaker's feelings towards the raven

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The speaker blames the bird for his loss of hope.

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Conclusion inferred from the poem

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The speaker will never escape his despair.

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Example of alliteration in a quotation

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“What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”

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Definition of assonance

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Repeated vowel sounds in a phrase or sentence.

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Example of assonance

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They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.

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Definition of alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Example of alliteration

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“Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning.”

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Definition of consonance

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The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity.

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Example of consonance

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“Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!”