Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven" - Sound Devices

Question 1

sound devices

Answer 1

• alliteration (the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words, usually within a line of a poem)
• assonance (the repetition of a vowel sound within multiple words that are close together)
• consonance (the repetition of a consonant sound within multiple words that are close together, especially at the end of stressed syllables
• onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like its definition)
• repetition (the purposeful repetition of a word or phrase anywhere within a poem)

Question 2

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 13: and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Answer 2

onomatopoeia

Question 3

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 26: doubting, dreaming, dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;

Answer 3

alliteration

Question 4

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 67: but the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,

Answer 4

alliteration

Question 5

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 13: and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Answer 5

alliteration

Question 6

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 88: on this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -

Answer 6

alliteration

Question 7

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines of “The Raven”?
line 57: Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered

Answer 7

alliteration